Season 3, Episode 6 – Alena Dillon
In Season 3, Episode 6 of History Through Fiction: The Podcast, host Colin Mustful chats with Alena Dillon about her new novel Eyes Turned Skyward. During the conversation, Dillon talks about the Women Airforce Service Pilots or W.A.S.P. program, the decade-long process of revising the novel, her long and uncertain path to publication, her transition from nonfiction to fiction, and the perseverance that led her to where she is today. Dillon also talks about high standards that female characters have been held to, but that are now changing to include flawed and fully-human female protagonists. Don’t miss it!
About the Author
Alena Dillon is the author of Mercy House, a Library Journal Best Book of 2020, which has been optioned as a television series produced by Amy Schumer. She is also the author of The Happiest Girl in the World, a Good Morning America pick, and My Body Is A Big Fat Temple, a memoir of pregnancy and early parenting, Her work has appeared in publications including The Daily Beast, LitHub, River Teeth, Slice Magazine, The Rumpus, and Bustle. She teaches creative writing and lives on the north shore of Boston where she has a 3-year-old son and a new baby. She describes writer-motherhood in 3 words: fierce, tender, marathon. Her newest novel is titled Eyes Turned Skyward.
