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    #20: The Creativity of Non-Fiction Writing, with Midge Gillies

    November 28th, 2025 · 49 minutes

    Midge Gillies, author of 'Atlantic Furies: The Women Who Risked Everything to be the First to Fly', joins Kerry to discuss her impressive career as a non-fiction author, including celebrating your subjects and bringing their stories alive.

    Guest Starring: Midge Gillies

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    'Rebecca' by Daphne Du Maurier 
    'The Island of Missing Trees' by Elif Shafak
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    Buy 'Atlantic Furies The Women Who Risked Everything to be the First to Fly' by Midge Gillies

    Atlantic Furies celebrates the bravery, panache, and drive of these trail-blazing aviators, who showed the world that it wasn’t just men who could conquer the skies.

    All Midge's Books