About the Author

SAMME CHITTUM is a narrative journalist and Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship recipient who explores the intersection of current events and history. Her work has been published in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, and the Village Voice. She is also the author of the first book in the Smithsonian Air Disasters series, The Flight 981 Disaster- Tragedy, Treachery, and the Pursuit of Truth.