Book Signing With Amy Waters Yarsinske

Amy Waters Yarsinske will be signing her book The Navy Capital of The World at Prince Books on June 16, 2010, at 12:30 PM.

From the famous Civil War Ironclads that clashed in its waters to the great battleships that gathered off Norfolk's Sewell's Point as part of President Theodore Roosevelt's Great White Fleet, the Hampton Roads region of Virginia has maintained a proud naval tradition.  Into the twentieth century, the maritime region has remained on the cutting edge of military technology as the nucleus for the birth of naval aviation and the training site for scores of men who stormed the beaches of Europe and the Pacific during World War II.  Through her fascinating research and incredible array of rare and striking photographs, military historian Amy Waters Yarsinske guides readers through the storied history of the navy in Hampton Roads.

About The Author: 

A nationally known author of narrative nonfiction, Amy Waters Yarsinske received her Bachelor of Arts degrees in economics and English from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, and her Master of Planning degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where she was a DuPont Fellow.  Yarsinske is also a 1998 graduate of the prestigious CIVIC Leadership Institute, a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Authors Guild, James River Writers, and is involved in a wide-range of current community-based organizations and committees, public and private sector projects as well as being a past president of the Norfolk Historical Society and the Norfolk Historical Foundation.  Amy is a narrative nonfiction author of over 40 titles.  She was submitted for a Pulitzer Prize for Journalism for a 2002 six-part series in The Virginian-Pilot—“Dead or Alive”—about United States Navy Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher, missing in action since the Persian Gulf War.  The series was written in collaboration with Virginian-Pilot reporter Lon Wagner.  The complete case of Scott Speicher missing in action is contained in her controversial book No One Left Behind (Dutton, 2003).  She has been chronicling current events and historical subjects since 1990 and is the author of over forty books.

Amy is a member of The Authors Guild, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Investigative Reporters and Editors, James River Writers, Virginia Historical Society, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, and the WHRO (PBS) Community Advisory Board.

Amy is a graduate of Cape Henry Collegiate School, class of ’81 where she is a featured alumni.  She is also a recurring guest at the Virginia Festival of the Book.