Tom Young

I enjoyed doing some hangar flying on the Dec. 15, 2025 edition of “Hangar Talk,” the podcast of AOPA, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. My friend Tom Haines and I discussed, among other things, what it must have been like to fly the Westland Lysander, which is the light single-engine aircraft flown by my character Philippe in The Mapmaker. Click here to listen.

Thoroughly enjoyed discussing THE MAPMAKER on WRNR AM/FM/TV in Martinsburg, WV. Click here to watch.

“Damn it! We’ve lost hydraulic system two.” You might say my novel writing began with an aircraft emergency. I enjoyed speaking about that–and my new World War II novel THE MAPMAKER on Update-1, the podcast of the National Press Club. Click here to listen.

BookTrib says of THE MAPMAKER: “While delivering pulse-pounding action, the novel also immerses us in its historical moment with impressive authenticity.” Click here to read the full review.

The Washington Independent Review of Books calls THE MAPMAKER “a rip-roaring good read,” and a “worthy entry into the canon” of World War II novels. Click here to read the full review.