Photo Credit: Hans Sterl
What Vicki is Reading
I don’t know about you, but I never have enough time to read all the books on my TBR list and I keep adding new books faster than I can read them. Reading is high on my Things to Do List; reading is the best way for a writer to hone their skills. See what I am reading and what is on my TBR list for the annual Goodreads reading challenge.
78th Anniversary of D-Day
Château de Tailly-l'Arbre-à-Mouches, the family home of General Leclerc located near Tailly, in the Somme department to the west of Amiens.
I am the white hair in the back row — half hidden in the rose bush.
About Vicki
Her unique upbringing shapes Vicki Olsen’s storytelling. As an Air Force brat, she spent her childhood moving across Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Illinois, Idaho, and Germany. Her experiences inspire the rich settings and diverse perspectives in her work. With strong Southern roots, she weaves authenticity and heart into her stories, captivating readers around the globe.
“I began writing by accident.” … from an interview with Alex Pearl
“I first met Sarah, my protagonist in A Sparrow Falls, as an adult minor character in a different book. She had a different name then.”…from an interview with Linda Hill
“During World War 2 my father’s plane was shot down over France. That is where the idea for The Duty of Memory was born”…from an interview with Susan Peterson for 501 Life Magazine
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75 Years Later We Recreated The Photo
Lucien Bertin was only 17 when he posed for this picture with two French Resistants and three American airmen. In 2019, he posed with the daughter of one of the Resistants and children of the three airmen.
Yvonne Fossier’s daughter (3rd from left) was an infant in 1944, but she played an important role in the Resistance. Read her story in THE DUTY OF MEMORY
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Reunited With After 57 Years
Wiesbaden, Germany 1960. Me with my parents, my brothers and Michel and Daniel Radziminski, sons of French Resistant, Bruno Radziminski.
Read Bruno’s story in THE DUTY OF MEMORY