Amy Waters Yarsinske

Amy Waters Yarsinske received her master of planning degree from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture and her Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Economics from Randolph-Macon Woman's College. She is a former president of the Norfolk Historical Society, co-founder of the Norfolk Historical Foundation and a graduate of CIVIC Leadership Institute. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Authors Guild, and American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). Yarsinske is the author of the widely read, award-winning No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story. She has published four prior works with The History Press: Ghent: John Graham's Dream, Norfolk, Virginia's Treasure (2006), The Elizabeth River (2007), Lost Norfolk (2009) and The Navy Capital of the World: The United States Navy in Hampton Roads (2010). Yarsinske is also the author of several aviation books, among them Wings of Valor, Wings of Gold: An Illustrated History of U.S. Naval Aviation (Flying Machines Press, 1998).