Amy Waters Yarsinske received her master of planning degree from the University of Virginia, School of Architecture and her Bachelor of Arts degrees in English and Economics from Randolph-Macon Woman's College. She is a former president of the Norfolk Historical Society, co-founder of the Norfolk Historical Foundation and a graduate of CIVIC Leadership Institute. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE), Authors Guild, and American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). Yarsinske is the author of the widely read, award-winning No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story. She has published four prior works with The History Press: Ghent: John Graham's Dream, Norfolk, Virginia's Treasure (2006), The Elizabeth River (2007), Lost Norfolk (2009) and The Navy Capital of the World: The United States Navy in Hampton Roads (2010). Yarsinske is also the author of several aviation books, among them Wings of Valor, Wings of Gold: An Illustrated History of U.S. Naval Aviation (Flying Machines Press, 1998).