Lily Koppel
Lily Koppel (born March 15, 1981 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American non-fiction author and journalist .
Life
Lily Koppel grew up in her hometown of Chicago. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City , where she studied English and creative writing at Barnard College . After graduating in 2003, she worked as a journalist, writing for the New York Times , Glamor and The Huffington Post , among others . During an article search in 2006, she found an old diary in a 75-year-old diary in a dumpster, which she restored and published as a non-fiction book The Red Leather Diary .
Her second non-fiction book was published in 2013. It describes the lives of the housewives of the astronauts who participated in both the Mercury and Apollo programs . The television broadcaster ABC eventually acquired the rights to adapt them for the television series of the same name.
Lily Koppel has been married to author and journalist Tom Folsom since 2011 . You live in Manhattan .
Works (selection)
- The Red Leather Diary. Harper, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-06-125677-6 .
- The Astronaut Wives Club: A True Story. Grand Central Publishing, New York 2013, ISBN 978-1-4555-0325-4 .
Web links
- Lily Koppel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Author Lily Koppel delves into the lives of the "Astrowives," the women behind the men who had the "Right Stuff." In: USA Today May 29, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paddock, Lily |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American non-fiction author and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1981 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois , United States |