Sharman Apt Russell
Sharman Apt Russell is a longtime writer, author of a dozen books translated into nine languages. Among other awards, her most recent nonfiction, Diary of a Citizen Scientist, won the 2016 John Burroughs Medal for Distinguished Nature Writing. She happily lives in the magical realism of rural New Mexico.
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Author Sharman Apt Russell writes a poignant letter to her deceased father, Captain Milburn Apt, one of the famous pilots of Edwards Air Force Base who tested the X-2 experimental rocket research plane.
Author Sharman Apt Russell writes to her deceased father, Captain Milburn Apt, who passed away testing the X-2 rocket plane.