News and announcements about our members.
MWSA member Bob Doerr’s book No One Else to Kill was selected as the runner-up to the grand prize winner in the commercial fiction category in this year’s Eric Hoffer Awards. The Eric Hoffer Awards are given out annually and are open to any books written in English, except those published by the five or six major publishing houses.
MWSA Recommended Reading List
Spring 2013
The Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) is an organization of over one thousand writers, poets, and artists drawn together by a common bond of military service. One purpose of our Society is to review the written works of our members. From our recent book reviews, which can be found on this website, we’ve selected the following as our 2013 Spring Recommended Reading List:
No One Else to Kill by Bob Doerr
I am honored to announce the latest award for my book; How Can You Mend This Purple Heart.
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has selected the book for the 2013 James Webb Award for distinguished fiction dealing with U.S. Marines or Marine Corps life
On February 9, 2012, I attended a memorial service for MWSA member Trumbull Rogers who passed away after a long illness on September 4, 2012.
Trumbull's sister, Grace, was organizing the memorial service, a complicated affair as she was living in California and the service was going to be in Manhattan, where Trumbull had spent most of his life. Grace was contacting friends and organizations that Trum (as he was known) knew or was a member of. Her MWSA contact information had Maria Edwards' name and she forwarded the details to me.
My husband and I will be appearing on ABC Channel 8 on Thursday February 7, 2013 at 11am to talk about our book Love at First Flight - Adventures, Exploits, Sacrifices, Risks & Rewards. Tune in to watch. Also we will be doing a book signing, Saturday & Sunday February 9 - 10 at Henderson Hall MCX Emporium. If you are in the Arlington, Va. area stop by between 11 am - 2 pm.