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A nationally known, award-winning author of 56 books of narrative nonfiction, including the widely read, award-winning No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story for Dutton/NAL, Amy Waters Yarsinske received her master of planning degree from the University of Virginia School of Architecture and her bachelors of arts degrees in English and economics from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College. She is a former president of the Norfolk Historical Society, cofounder of the Norfolk Historical Foundation and a 1998 graduate of CIVIC Leadership Institute. Yarsinske has over two decades of experience in the publishing industry as an author and editor and has made repeated appearances as a guest and commentator for major media, includi ...more

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No One Left Behind: The Lt....

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An American in the Basement...

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Lost Virginia Beach

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Ghent: John Graham's Dream,...

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Blue Ridge Parkway Through ...

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Lost Norfolk

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Rendezvous With Destiny: Th...

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Williamsburg Through Time

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Wings of Valor, Wings of Gold

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The Norfolk Botanical Garde...

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“If the government of Iraq is holding Captain Speicher, he is entitled to Prisoner of War status under international law and the Geneva Convention and would have been entitled to such status from the day he first came under Iraqi control”
Amy Waters Yarsinske, An American in the Basement: The Betrayal of Captain Scott Speicher and the Cover-up of His Death

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