- Kathryn J. Atwood

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The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park, 2012.

ALA Conference, 2012, signing paperbacks of my first book.

Librarians standing in line to receive their free copy of Women Heroes of WWII.

WGN TV 2013, prior to the interview for Code Name Pauline.

After my first presentation at the Harold Washington in Chicago.

CPL poster for my Pacific Theater talk, given on the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor.

Speaking at the Atlanta History Center, 2017.

Book signing, Atlanta History Center, 2017.

The stacks they purchased for the Young Author's Convention, 2017.

Young Author's Convention, 2017. Author Mike Mullen.

Presentation at Percy Julian Middle School, 2017.

With a survivor of the Bataan Death March.

The son of a Bataan Death March survivor purchased my Pacific Theater book.

A British WREN came to one of our music programs!

With Dutch author Sophie Poldermans, Oak Park Public Library, 2019.

Scoville Park, Oak Park, IL. Spoke on the experiences of US nurses in Vietnam.

Palos Heights Public Library, 2024. Spoke on Vietnam War women.

Looking Glass Bookstore, Pub Day Party for The Belgian Girls.

Participating in an interview for the film,

They had me pretending to research in the second part of the interview. Hope I look intelligent here!

Another pretend shot for the upcoming documentary,

Kathryn J. Atwood

The Belgian Girls: A Novel