Amy Waters Yarsinske's Blog The Nonfiction Expert of the National Association of Independent Writers and Editors

AMY WATERS YARSINSKE is the author of several best-selling, award-winning nonfiction books, published regionally, nationally, and internationally. Amy’s proposal technique was featured in literary agent/author Peter Rubie’s Telling the Story: How to Write and Sell Narrative Nonfiction; she also did a National Press Club panel with Rubie during the No One Left Behind press tour. She has been a regular contributor with international, national, and regional media, to include continued guest spots on national radio. An American in the Basement: The Betrayal of Captain Scott Speicher and the Cover-up of His Death won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Non-fiction in 2014, and No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story earned her literary awards, an incredible press tour, and national/international recognition. With over 30 years in the publishing industry, Amy has published over 85 nonfiction books, most of them spotlighting current affairs, the military, history and the environment with a few biographies, corporate histories and art catalogues interspersed. Amy graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where she earned her bachelor of arts in English and economics and the University of Virginia School of Architecture, where she earned her Master of Planning and was a DuPont Fellow and Lawn/Range resident. Amy also earned graduate certificates from the CIVIC Leadership Institute, Norfolk, Virginia, in 1998, as part of the organization’s earliest full community leadership classes and in Joint, Interagency, Multinational Planning, from the Joint Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia, in 2006. She completed an off-site certification in axiomatic design technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, via the United States Joint Forces Command, Suffolk, Virginia, as part of ongoing continuing education in 2004 while a government contractor.

IN ADDITION to her published books, Amy has edited over two dozen books and drafted jacket copy for numerous others. She is also an experienced media marketing and publicity coach. In her decades-long experience, she has been an important part of launching book markets for three of the United States’ largest community history publishers. Twenty-five years ago, Amy first incorporated to include her urban design, environmental and historic preservation consulting practice – and her writing, speaking engagements and media appearances. Over the course of her career, she has also been a feature columnist for specialty magazines and newspapers, and was a guest feature columnist to The Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk, Virginia, from December 2001 – January 2002, the six-part series “Dead or Alive?” with Lon Wagner submitted for the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism.

BEYOND HER PLANNING AND WRITING CAREER, Amy is also a former government contractor and naval intelligence officer with extensive experience pertaining to operational research and system-of-systems analysis, leadership and organizational change, and interagency, multinational sector coordination. She analyzed, crafted and reviewed programs, projects and key initiatives, including white papers, speeches and commission reports for the National Command Authority; chairman and vice chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Joint Staff; United States Joint Forces Command; and component and combatant commanders. Recommendations resulted in project, program documentation or recommendations toward key decisions being made at the strategic and operational level of war. During her tenure at United States Joint Forces Command, Amy Yarsinske was also a resident expert on Iran, including its diplomatic, military and economic history and current position on the world stage, and counter terrorism.

ADDITIONAL CREDENTIALS:

  • Lecturer, Interview Techniques and Research Methodology, United States Joint Forces Command, 2004-2006
  • Lecturer, Global Reachback Project, United States Joint Forces Command, 2006
  • Senior Intelligence Advisor, Joint Center for Operational Analysis, United States Joint Forces Command, 2004-2006
  • Evaluator, Starlight Visualization Program, Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute, United States Joint Forces Command, 2004
  • Evaluator, Synthetic Environments for Analysis and Simulation, 2004-2005

AWARDS:

  • Gold Medalist/Winner, Next Generation Indie Book Award for General Non-fiction, 2014 (accepted May 28 at the Harvard Club, New York City) (An American in the Basement)
  • Publishers Weekly Listen Up! Award for Audiobook Nonfiction Book of the Year, 2002 (No One Left Behind)
  • ForeWord Magazine’s Gold Medal for Audiobook Nonfiction Book of the Year, 2003 (No One Left Behind)
  • Finalist, Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction Book of the Year, 2003 (No One Left Behind)
  • Pulitzer Prize for Journalism submission, six-part 2002 Virginian-Pilot feature series “Dead or Alive?” with Lon Wagner
  • Virginia Press Association Award for Feature Writing, 2003 (“Dead or Alive?”)
  • Hampton Roads Association of Environmental Educators Award for Excellence in Environmental Communication, 2007 (The Elizabeth River)
  • Finalist, Southern Environmental Law Center Phil Reed Award, 2008 (The Elizabeth River)
  • Finalist, Newton Marasco Foundation Green Earth Book Award, 2008 (The Elizabeth River)
  • Paul Harris Fellow, The Rotary Foundation
  • DuPont Fellow, University of Virginia, 1987-1988
  • Lawn/Range resident, University of Virginia, 1987-1988

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

  • Board of Experts, National Association of Independent Writers and Editors, 2022-present
  • Member, The Authors Guild, 2000-present
  • Member, Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), 2002-present
  • Member, American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA), 2008-present
  • National Board of Directors, Honor-Release-Return, 2013-present
  • National Board of Directors, National Vietnam and Gulf War Veterans Coalition, 2015-present, also chairman, Gulf War Illness Committee, 2015-present
  • Member, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (NCLHA), 2006-present
  • Member, Western North Carolina Historical Association (WNCHA), 2020-present
  • Member, Independent Book Publishing Professionals Group (IBPPG), 2014-present
  • Board Member, Longwood University Parents Council, 2012-2016; Chair, Communications Committee, 2014-2016; Executive Committee, 2014-2016
  • Member, Northside Rotary Club, 2011-2012; Auction Committee, 2012; Paul Harris Fellow, 2012-present
  • Board Member and Member, Rotary Club of Norfolk, 1995-2003
  • Member, Rotary International, 1995-2003, 2011-2012
  • Member, Rotary District 7600, 1995-2003, 2011-2012
  • Member, Kiwanis Club of Norfolk, 2014-2015
  • Member, Kiwanis Club of Harbor Front, Norfolk, Virginia, 2005-2007
  • President and Member, Norfolk Historical Society, 1994-2000
  • President and Co-founder, Norfolk Historical Foundation, 1996-1998
  • Board Member, Chrysler Museum of Art Historic Houses, 1996-1998
  • Life Member and Former President, Nautical Adventures, Inc., 1988-2010
  • Member, American Planning Association, 1986-2001
  • Member, Virginia Planning Association, 1986-2001
  • Life Member, University of Virginia Alumni Association, 1988-present
  • Member, Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Alumnae Association, 1985-present

SELECT BOOK TITLES: (MILITARY/AVIATION/AEROSPACE)

  • An American in the Basement: The Betrayal of Captain Scott Speicher and the Cover-up of His Death (Trine Day, 2013)
  • No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story (Dutton/NAL, 2002, 2003; Listen and Live Audio, 2002, 2004, 2006; Topics Entertainment, 2004; Listen and Live Audio MP3, 2007; Preloaded Digital Audio Player, Playaway, April 2009)
  • Naval Air Station Oceana – From Mud Flats to Mission Ready (Fonthill Media, 2017)
  • NASA Langley Research Center – The First Century: The Early Years (Fonthill Media, 2018)
  • NASA Langley Research Center – The First Century: To the Moon and Beyond (Fonthill Media, 2019)
  • Naval Air Station Oceana – From Mud Flats to Mission Ready (Fonthill Media, 2017)
  • Hampton Roads Naval Aviation—A Centennial Retrospective, photographic and caption contribution (Pediment/Virginian-Pilot, 2011)
  • “Memories and Memorials,” a chapter in U. S. Naval Aviation (Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 2001; Universe, 2011)
  • Fly Boys over Hampton Roads—Glenn Curtiss’s Southern Experiment (The History Press, 2010)
  • Mud Flats to Master Jet Base: Fifty Years at NAS Oceana (Hallmark, 2001)
  • USS Wisconsin (BB-64) – The Last Battleship (Fonthill Media, 2018)
  • Forward for Freedom—The Story of Battleship Wisconsin (BB-64) (Donning, 2001)
  • Wings of Valor, Wings of Gold—An Illustrated History of S. Naval Aviation (Flying Machines Press, 1998)
  • A Salute to NATO: Celebrating Fifty Years of Norfolk’s International Azalea Festival (Walsworth, 2002)

SELECT BOOK TITLES: (REGIONAL/HISTORICAL/ENVIRONMENTAL)

  • Yorktown, Virginia Through Time (Fonthill Media, 2023)
  • Asheville, North Carolina – A History of the Land of the Sky (Fonthill Media, 2021)
  • Blue Ridge Parkway Through Time (Fonthill Media, 2018)
  • Virginia Beach Through the Twentieth Century (Fonthill Media, 2017)
  • The Jefferson Memorial Through Time (Fonthill Media, 2017)
  • Williamsburg, Virginia Through Time (Fonthill Media, 2017)
  • The Norfolk Botanical Garden – A Natural Treasure (Fonthill Media, 2016)
  • Jamestown, Virginia Through Time (Fonthill Media, 2016)
  • Richmond Through the Twentieth Century (Fonthill Media, 2016)
  • Newport News Through the Twentieth Century (Fonthill Media, 2016)
  • Norfolk Trough Time (Fonthill Media, 2015)
  • 125 Years of the Actors Fund, two books (Donning, April 2007, November 2008)
  • A Story in Development—The First 100 Years of the S. L. Nusbaum Realty Company (Donning, 2008)
  • The Elizabeth River (The History Press, 2007)

SELECT BOOK TITLES: (MEDICINE/RESEARCH)

  • Cover-up: Collusion in the Halls of Academia. Helene Z. Hill, Ph.D. as told to Amy Waters Yarsinske (published by Hill, 2021); Book Excellence Award 2022 Finalist.

SELECT LIST OF BOOKS TO WHICH AUTHOR CONTRIBUTED:

  • Bailey, Diana L. The Mayflower: Washington’s Second Best Address (Donning, 2001); and also Bailey’s American Treasure: The Enduring Spirit of the DAR (Donning, 2007)
  • Charney, William, ed. Essentials of Modern Hospital Safety. Volume 3 (Lewis Publishers, 1994)
  • Crutchfield, James A., Rowena J. Fullinwider and Winette Sparkman Jeffery. Celebrate Virginia (Cool Springs Press, 2003)
  • Moulton, Paul Chandler. The Best Ticket in Town: A History of the Norfolk Forum (Hallmark, 1998)
  • Wirkner, Linda. Destination Norfolk (Lerner Publications Group, 1998)
  • Woods, Kevin M. et al. Iraqi Perspectives Project: A View of Operation Iraqi Freedom from Saddam’s Senior Leadership. Suffolk, Virginia: Joint Center for Operational Analysis and Lessons Learned, 2006

SELECT LIST OF BOOKS/WEBSITES CITING AMY YARSINSKE’S WORK/EXPERIENCE:

  • Dallam, Marie. Daddy Grace: A Celebrity Preacher and His House of Prayer (New York University Press, 2007)
  • Evans-Hylton, Patrick. Hampton Roads: The World War II Years (Arcadia, 2005); and also Evans-Hylton’s Aviation in Hampton Roads (Arcadia, 2005)
  • Hartman, Sally Kirby. Insiders’ Guide to Virginia Beach (Insiders’ Guide: 2000)
  • Hawley, Thomas M. The Remains of War: Bodies, Politics, and the Search for American Soldiers, Unaccounted for in Southeast Asia (Duke University Press, 2005)
  • Herman, Jeff. Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors and Literary Agents 2004: Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! (Writer, Inc., 2003)
  • Howard, Sue Spencer. He Is Always with Me: Inspirational Stories and Thoughts (Trafford Publishing, 2006)
  • Jackson, Katherine. Walking Virginia Beach (Falcon, 1999)
  • Manning, Martin J. Historical Dictionary of American Propaganda (Greenwood Press, 2004)
  • Martinez, Deidre. Who Speaks for Hispanics? Hispanic Interest Groups in Washington (State University of New York, 2009)
  • Navasky, Victor Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq: The Experts Speak (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
  • Nelson, Derek and Dave Parsons. Hell Bent for Leather: The Saga of the A-2 and G-1 Flight Jackets (Motorbooks International, 1990)
  • Norfolk Botanical Garden. Norfolk Botanical Garden: A Natural Beauty (Donning, 2003)
  • Parker, Philip M. Donning: Webster’s Timeline History 393BC—2007 (Icon Group International, 2009)
  • Robie, Marjorie Harshaw. Dwelling Place of Dragons: An Irish Story (BookSurge Publishing, 2006)
  • Rosenblum, Constance. Gold Digger: The Outrageous Life and Times of Peggy Hopkins Joyce (Owl Books, 2001)
  • Rubie, Peter. Telling the Story: How to Write and Sell Narrative Nonfiction (Quill, 2003)
  • Shoker, Randall S. USS Wisconsin BB-64 Photo Museum Guide (Oxford Museum Press, 2005)
  • Sledge, Michael. Soldier Dead: How We Recover, Identify, Bury, and Honor Our Military Dead (Columbia University Press, 2005)
  • The Louise Brooks Society. http://www.pandorasbox.com/biblio/references4.html
  • Warnock, Bill. The Dead of Winter: How Battlefield Investigators, WWII Veterans and Forensic Scientists Solved the Mystery of the Bulge’s Lost (Chamberlain, 2005)
  • Whitcomb, Darrel D. Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm (CreateSpace, 2012)
  • Zwick, Jim. Inuit Entertainers in the United States: From the Chicago World’s Fair Through the Birth of Hollywood (Infinity Publishing, 2006)

SELECT PROFESSIONAL MEDIA FEATURES, COMMENTARY AND CONTRIBUTIONS:

Film/Television—Presently at work on screenplay, documentary and feature-length theatrical film projects. Has appeared in recent years in an exclusive C-SPAN segment about An American in the Basement and also in Investigation Discovery Channel’s Fatal Vows “Dead Silence.”

Magazines, newspapers and online publications—Yarsinske has been featured in, provided commentary to or had her work highlighted in dozens of national and international magazines, newspapers and online publications, including:

American Legion Dispatch; American Legion Observer; Associated Press; American Legion magazine; Augusta Chronicle; Austin American Statesman; Bull Run Observer; Cape Cod Times; Charleston Daily Mail; Congressional Research Service; Daily Press; Fort Worth Star-Telegram;  Foundation, published by the National Museum of Naval Aviation; HR Monthly; Indianapolis Star; Insight; Jacksonville magazine; Jacksonville Daily News; Kansas City Star; Las Vegas Review-Journal; Liberty Sun; Lynchburg News & Advance; Miami Herald; Military Law Review; MilitaryLifestyle.com; Naval Aviation News; Naval Institute Proceedings; New York Daily News; Orlando Sentinel; Philadelphia Times-Herald; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; PRESSipice.com; Publishers Weekly; Richmond Times-Dispatch; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; Stars & Stripes; Sun-News of Northland; Tallahassee Democrat; Tampa Tribune; The Times of London; Trenton Downtowner; University of Virginia Magazine; Virginia Legionnaire; Virginia Living magazine; Virginian-Pilot; Washington Times; Wings of Gold magazine, a publication of the Association of Naval Aviation; and WorldNetDaily.com.

 Radio—major radio guest appearances and regular contributor spots:

Coast to Coast AM with George Knapp; WBZ CBS Radio Boston The Jennifer Brien Show; Earth Radio One with Chad Holsclaw “Dr. Truth” (WJXL Jacksonville); KPRL Sound Off with Dan Del Campo; Steel on Steel with John Loeffler (Information Radio/USA Network); Lewis at Large with Warner Lewis (KLWN Radio Lawrence, Kansas); Bill Martinez Live;Morning Show with Ed Walsh (WOR-AM New York); Mr. KABC (Los Angeles); BBC Radio; G. Gordon Liddy Show; Mark Fuhrmann Show; Gil Gross Radio Show; Jim Bohannon Show; Voice of America; Sturgeon in the Morning (Radio 570 AM Toronto); Viewpoints (Chicago); Lifeline with Craig Roberts (KFAX San Francisco); Barbara Simpson Show (KSFO Talk Radio); Coast to Coast with Barbara Simpson (Los Angeles); Ken Hamblin Radio Show; WFAN Radio New York with Bob Salter; Radio America: Dateline Washington with Greg Corombos; NPR; Daybreak USA; ABC Radio News; Jordan Rich Show (WBZ Radio Boston); Jeff Katz Show (WPHT Radio Philadelphia); Welch Report Radio with Kevin Shannon; POW/MIA Freedom Network; The Phil Mikan Show; B.Q. Views with Blanquita Cullum (Washington, D.C.); Charlie Warren Show; Right Side with Armstrong Williams; and AP Network Radio. Additional spots dozens major and secondary radio markets.

Television—dozens of major network and documentary appearances on the following:

ABC Good Morning America; BBC Perspectives on Iraq; CBS The Early Show; CBS 48 Hours; MSNBC with Chris Jansing; NBC Dateline/Discovery Channel; CNN Live; CNN Headline News; CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports; CNN America in the Morning with Paula Zahn; CNBC Capitol Report; C-SPAN White House Briefing (Scott McClellan); C-SPAN LCV Tour; C-SPAN 2 Book TV; FOX News Channel FOX & Friends; FOX News Channel FOX Live; FOX News Channel FOX Live with Rita Cosby; FOX News Channel FOX Wire with Rita Cosby; FOX News Channel The Big Story Weekend Edition with Rita Cosby; FOX News Channel FOX Special Report with Brit Hume (interviewed by Jeff Birnbaum, chief of Forbes magazine); Sinclair Broadcast Group News Central; Sinclair Broadcast Group Documentary; and scores of regional and local television stations dispersed nationally.

SELECT REVIEWS AND GENERAL MEDIA COVERAGE:

  • Allison, Wes, “The lost American,” Petersburg Times State, March 28, 2004.
  • Armed Forces Journal. Darts and Laurels. December 2002.
  • Associated Press. “Roy B. Martin Jr.,” June 1, 2002;  “Author says evidence is that pilot is alive, prisoner in Iraq,” July 14, 2002; “Navy changes status of missing pilot,” October 11, 2002; “Text of Bush’s speech to U.N. on Iraq,” September 12, 2002; “Asylum offered to any Iraqi who delivers American Gulf War POW,” October 30, 2002; “Senators press Saddam on Gulf War pilot,” January 6, 2003; “Text of the Senate War Resolution,” March 20, 2003; “Missing ’91 pilot’s initials found in Baghdad prison,” April 23, 2003; “Ex-Iraqi officials key to missing pilot,” April 24, 2003; “Investigators yet to prove Speicher was in Iraqi prison cell,” August 7, 2003; “Navy board recommends intensified search for pilot missing since 1991,” July 13, 2005.
  • Association of Naval Aviation. “Ready Room Reading,” Wings of Gold, spring 1999, Book Review;  “Ready Room Reading,” Wings of Gold, fall 2002, Book Review.
  • Baltimore Sun. “Congress extends asylum to Iraqis who rescue POWs,” October 16, 2002.
  • Barrow, Mary Reid, “Local history books sell well and more are on the way soon,” Virginia Beach Beacon, April 5, 1998.
  • Becker, Maki, “POW Jessica was tortured,” New York Daily News, April 3, 2003.
  • Bennett, Brian, “Time exclusive—Notes from Saddam in custody,” Time, December 14, 2003.
  • Brett, Forrest, “Scott Speicher: Once, twice, three times betrayed,” Jacksonville Vibe, Volume 1, Issue 7, October 2003.
  • Brownlee, Phillip, “Saddam could be key to finding MIA pilot, Roberts says,” Wichita Eagle, April 27, 2003.
  • Bull, Leona C., “Can we get Speicher back?” Journal of Aerospace and Defense Industry News, July 22, 2002.
  • Burns, John F., “Hussein and mobs virtually empty Iraq’s prisons,” New York Times, October 21, 2002.
  • Burns, Robert, “Navy considering changing missing pilot’s status to MIA-captured,” Associated Press, August 14, 2002; “Put missing pilot back on radar, Navy says,” Associated Press, July 8, 2005.
  • Caillavet, Christopher, “Plane pioneer Glenn Curtiss put our military in the air,” Investors Business Daily, November 30, 2010.
  • Capshaw, Ron, “Evidence suggests Saddam still holds American pilot,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, July 21, 2002.
  • Carroll, Diane, “Today’s POWs recall those captured in Persian Gulf War,” Kansas City Star, March 27, 2003.
  • Chinni, Dante, “Jessica Lynch: Media myth-making in the Iraq war,” Project for Excellence in Journalism, Committee of Concerned Journalists, July 30, 2006.
  • Chopp, Alva, “For author, tradition is at heart of naval aviation,” Virginian-Pilot, April 17, 1996.
  • CNN.com. “Pentagon considers classifying Gulf War pilot as POW,” March 16, 2002; “Is Speicher still alive?” CNN American Morning with Paula Zahn, July 15, 2002. Transcript of Interview; “Senators press Iraq on Gulf War pilot,” January 6, 2003; “Report suggests missing pilot alive in Iraq,” January 10, 2003; CNN Wolf Blitzer Reports, January 10, 2003. Transcript; CNN Live with Daryn Kagan, April 17, 2003. Transcript of Interview.
  • Coastland Times. “Aviation author,” June 29, 1999.
  • Cotterell, Bill, “Reports show Speicher still alive in Iraq, says Nelson,” Tallahassee Democrat, April 1, 2003.
  • C-SPAN.org. “No One Left Behind,” Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Jacksonville, Florida, July 2002.
  • Craig, Jeremy, “Ex-POWs fear troops’ fate,” Augusta Chronicle, March 27, 2003.
  • Culpeper Star-Exponent. “Left behind,” July 22, 2002. Editorial.
  • Davis, Rachel, “Nelson attacks ‘negative leaks’ on pilot’s fate,” Florida Times-Union, August 14, 2003.
  • DeCamp, David, “Crenshaw seeks information on Speicher,” Florida Times-Union, July 31, 2003.
  • Dorsey, Jack, “Flame of Hope—Memorial built during Vietnam honors spirit of those imprisoned, missing in war,” Virginian-Pilot, September 18, 2002.
  • Eisman, Dale, “Iraq offers new talks on missing Navy pilot,” Virginian-Pilot, April 11, 2002; “Senate demands updates on missing Gulf War pilot,” Virginian-Pilot, June 27, 2002.
  • Ensley, Gerald, “Friends on mission to return lost pilot,” Tallahassee Democrat, September 30, 2002.
  • Foreign Press Foundation. “Grossman in Moscow in Iraq talks; ‘saving pilot Speicher…?’,” September 29, 2002.
  • FOXNews.com. “Pentagon may reclassify status of missing Gulf War pilot,” August 14, 2002; “Missing Gulf War pilot reclassified as ‘missing-captured’,” October 11, 2002; The Big Story Weekend with Rita Cosby, March 29, 2003. Media Release; The Big Story with Rita Crosby, March 29, 2003. Transcript of Interview.
  • FOX30 WAWS Jacksonville. “Senator Nelson: Speicher may have been seen alive,” March 28, 2003.
  • Francis, Ryan, “Missing in action,” Jacksonville Magazine, Volume 18, Number 10, November 2002.
  • Frey, Jennifer, “Dead or alive? Pilot, husband and father may be in Iraq,” Washington Post, April 20, 2003.
  • Galnor, Matt, “Candlelight vigil marks day Speicher went down,” Florida Times-Union, January 18, 2004.
  • Gertz, Bill, “Pentagon asks Iraq about S. pilot,” Washington Times, March 13, 2002; “New reports say Iraq holding U.S. pilot,” Washington Times, January 10, 2003; “U.S. maintains search for missing 1991 aviator,” Washington Times, June 25, 2002; “FBI lab probes initials of pilot,” Washington Times, March 2, 2004.
  • Gertz, Bill and Rowan Scarborough, “Speicher update,” Washington Times, July 5, 2002; “Inside the Ring—DIA says Speicher alive,” Washington Times, February 14, 2003; “Team to search for pilot lost since first Gulf War,” Washington Times, March 22, 2003; “Army bid to locate pilot turns up empty,” Washington Times, April 21, 2003; “Progress reported in search for Speicher,” Washington Times, April 25, 2003.
  • Gilmore, Gerry J., “Wolfowitz: Iraq knows more about missing S. airman,” Armed Forces Press Service, January 24, 2003.
  • Goldich, Robert L., “POWs and MIAs: Status and Accounting Issues,” Issue Brief for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, March 12, 2003.
  • Goldstein, David, “Evidence prompts Navy to change status of Gulf War pilot to ‘missing-captured,’” Kansas City Star, October 12, 2002; “Book asserts that Navy pilot downed in Gulf War is a prisoner in Iraq,” Kansas City Star, June 26, 2002; “Senator from Kansas seeks meeting with Iraq on Gulf War pilot,” Kansas City Star, January 7, 2003; “Special teams look for former KC man shot down in ’91 war,” Kansas City Star, April 9, 2003; “U.S. teams continue hunt for missing pilot from KC,” Kansas City Star, April 24, 2003; “U.S. will use reward, posters in effort to find downed pilot,” Kansas City Star, May 29, 2003; “Wanted: Alive,” Kansas City Star, May 30, 2003; “Report questions Gulf War pilot’s fate,” Kansas City Star, July 17, 2003; “Press Hussein on Speicher case, senator says,” Kansas City Star, December 16, 2003.
  • Gordon, Craig, “New status on downed pilot—Navy: No evidence American shot down during Gulf War is dead,” Newsday, October 12, 2002.
  • Gotshall, Rich, “Listen to war stories,” Indianapolis Star, August 11, 2002.
  • Guardian Unlimited. “Ex-Norfolk, Mayor Martin dies,” May 21, 2002.
  • Hampton Roads Monthly. “Spies, lies and Confederates—New books by area authors just in time for the holidays, December 2002. Book Review.Haynes, Judith, “Missing pilot case subject of book,” Daily Press, November 3, 2002.
  • Haynes, Judith, “Missing pilot case subject of book,” Daily Press, November 3, 2002;  “Foreign relations speaker at fall conference,” Virginia Legionnaire, December 2002.
  • Heart of Illinois POW/MIA Association. Chapter magazine, May-June 2003.
  • Hendren, John, “S. wants information from Iraq before talks on missing Navy pilot,” Los Angeles Times, July 11, 2002.
  • Hettena, Seth, “USS Constellation prepares to leave,” Associated Press, October 31, 2002.
  • Intel Watch. “Inside the Pentagon—Opportunity lost,” Volume 19, Number 25, June 19, 2003.
  • Jelinek, Pauline, “Fate of U.S. pilot in Iraq still unknown,” Kansas City Star, August 8, 2003.
  • Jontz, Sandra, “D.C. vigil held for downed pilot,” Stars and Stripes, European Edition, January 19, 2004.
  • Josar, David, “Americans and Germans champion war reminder for Stuttgart’s Patch Barracks,” Stars and Stripes, European Edition, July 9, 2002.
  • Keenan, Marney Rich, “Story that almost mirrors ‘Cast Away’ is eerily real,” Detroit News, March 30, 2002.
  • Kelley, Matt, “Navy changes status of missing Gulf War pilot to missing-captured,” Associated Press, October 11, 2002.
  • Kemper, Kay A., “Institute encourages new area leadership,” Virginian-Pilot, January 19, 2000.
  • Kerr, Jessie-Lynne, “Attorney wants to quiz Iraqis on Speicher,” Florida Times-Union, March 4, 2004.
  • Kinsolving, Les, “McClellan queried on Speicher status,” WorldNetDaily.com, May 15, 2003.
  • Kornblut, Anne E. and Robert Schlesinger, “S. revisits Gulf War pilot’s case,” Boston Globe, November 11, 2002.
  • Las Vegas Review-Journal. “Missing pilot,” March 13, 2002. Editorial.
  • Late Show with David Letterman. Letterman’s Top Ten, August 28, 2002.
  • Laurant, Darrell, “Author attempts to bring soldier back from ‘dead’,” Lynchburg News and Daily Advance, April 10, 2003.
  • Lawrence, Mary Sue, “Real life drama,” Private Clubs, Volume XXIII, Number 1, January-February 2008.
  • Lehmert, Amanda, “Cape-based soldiers train to survive capture by enemy,” Cape Cod Times, March 28, 2003.
  • LeBoutillier, John, “An American Gulf War pilot is alive in Baghdad, part 4,” The Idler (the-idler.com), March 29, 2002; “Two Scotts,” NewsMax.com, April 25, 2003; “Speicher, Saddam and WMD: Together?” NewsMax.com, June 3, 2003.
  • Lessing, Hugh, “Norfolk author: S. betrayed downed pilot from 1991, Daily Press, September 5, 2013.
  • Lewis, Mark F., “Could he still be alive?” Tampa Tribune, July 21, 2002.
  • London Daily Telegraph. “Beating Saddam will be no cakewalk,” March 22, 2002; U.S. hardliners want answers from Iraq on Gulf War pilot,” August 18, 2002.
  • Lumpkin, John J., “Saddam denies having prohibited weapons,” Kansas City Star, December 15, 2003; “Investigators may have found clue from Gulf War U.S. pilot,” Virginian-Pilot, April 24, 2003.
  • Lytle, Tamara, “Bush warns of ‘unique’ threat,” Orlando Sentinel, October 8, 2002.
  • MacKenzie, Ross, “Random walk: Coulter, SpecOps, Speicher, Mainliners, Sacagawea, etc.,” Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 19, 2002.
  • Maier, Timothy W., “Forgotten flier,” Insight Magazine, May 27, 2002; “‘Secret’ report adds to mystery,” Insight Magazine, September 3, 2003; “Scott Speicher left in Iraq to save face?” WorldNetDaily.com, May 14, 2003.
  • Maughan, Shannon, “A full autumn of audiobooks,” Publishers Weekly, August 5, 2002. Audiobook Review.
  • Mayer, Tom, “One view you haven’t seen: ‘Blue Ridge Parkway Through Time,’” MountainTimes.com, August 15, 2018. https://www.wataugademocrat.com/mountaintimes/columns/one-view-you-havent-seen-blue-ridge-parkway-through-time-by-amy-waters-yarsinske/article_51afcb2e-88e5-5f25-8f5b-d40cce3411b1.html
  • McCaslin, John, “Inside the Beltway—Remembering Scott,” Washington Times, January 13, 2004.
  • McDaid, Jennifer Davis. Virginia Libraries, January-March 2002. Book Review.
  • McMichael, William H., “A century of flight—Ely’s water-scraping biplane launched naval aviation,” Navy Times, November 15, 2010.
  • McPhillips, Peggy Haile, “Biography on Roy B. Martin recommended for history buffs,” Norfolk Quarterly, spring 2002.
  • Meeks, Nia Ngina, “Festivals, concerts mark busy jazz week,” Virginian-Pilot, August 9, 2001.
  • Mersky, Peter B. Naval Aviation News, January-February 2002. Book Review.
  • Miami-Herald. “Book describes errors, bureaucratic bungling,” October 27, 2002.
  • Michel, Christopher, “Leave no one behind: Are we doing enough to free Captain Scott Speicher,” Military.com, November 4, 2002.
  • Nadler, Gerald, “S. says Iraq is stonewalling on fate of pilot from Gulf War,” Associated Press, August 22, 2002.
  • National Gulf War Resource Center. “Search for pilot given priority,” March 20, 2002.
  • Naval Aviation Museum Fly By, summer 2001. Book Review.
  • Naval Aviation News. “Professional Reading,” November-December 2002. Book Review.
  • New York Times. “Navy still thinks Gulf War pilot captured,” March 2, 2004.
  • News4Jax.com. “Author: Evidence shows pilot is alive, prisoner in Iraq,” July 14, 2002; “Newspaper: Scott Speicher sighted in Baghdad,” March 24, 2003.
  • Norfolk Historical Society. Fort Norfolk Courier, spring 2002. Book Review.
  • Norfolk International Azalea Festival. “A Salute to NATO commemorates 50 years of Norfolk’s International Azalea Festival,” December 11, 2002. Press Release.
  • MSNBC and NBC News. “Clues to U. S. pilot reportedly found,” http://www.msnbc.com, July 11, 2003.
  • NBC News. “U. S. mulls POW status for pilot lost in Iraq,” August 15, 2002.
  • O’Donnell, Jennifer C., “The river princess,” Portfolio, September 11, 2007.
  • Office of the Secretary, U. S. Department of the Navy. “Captain Michael Scott Speicher,” October 11, 2002. Memorandum for the Record.
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