Book Corner

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Coast Guard Veteran Nancy McIntosh, who served as both an enlisted small boat coxswain and an officer from 1977 to 1991. She wrote “The Flood Tide,” an historical novel set during the American Revolution and follows a boatbuilder father and his soldier son. Much of it is set on the Piscataqua River in southeastern New Hampshire where the author grew up as a fourteenth-generation American.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Army Veteran Theresa Kulikowski-Gillespie, who served as a Physician Assistant (PA) from 2009-2012.

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Air Force Veteran Kate Anslinger, who served as a Command Post Controller from 1999-2003. She wrote “Saving Jason” and is the author of the McKenna Mystery Series, and The Town Series.

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This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Navy Veteran Jalesa Heneke, who served as a Cryptologic Technician from 2014-2019. She wrote “When the Miracle Doesn’t Happen,” a book detailing the last year of her mother’s life and the grief journey that followed her mother’s passing.

This month’s CWV Book Corner author is Army Veteran Nicole Mitchell Colley, who served as an HR specialist and financial management specialist from 2003-2014. She wrote "I Am Beautifully Made: A Self-Love and Self-Discovery Journal," "Just Text Me: A Mindfulness and Self-Love Journal for Teens," and "Until I Can Hold You in Heaven: A Journal for Reflection and Navigating the Loss of a Baby."

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Army Veteran Shannon Huffman Polson, who served as an attack aviation officer and Apache pilot from 1993-2001. She wrote “The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience and Leadership in the Most Male Dominated Organization in the World.” 

This month’s Center for Women Veterans author is Marine Corps Veteran CJ Scarlet, who served as a photojournalist from 1981 to 1986.

This month’s CWV Book Corner author is Army Veteran Carolyn Johnson-Graham, who wrote “I’m Working On Me.”

This month’s Center for Women Veterans Book Corner author is Marine Corps Veteran Phoebe Sisk, who was the youngest of 12 children born to artist parents and who lost her mother to suicide at five.

This month’s Book Corner author is Navy Veteran Jasmine Rush, who served as an Aviation Boatswains Mate Handler from 2000-2004. She wrote, “Help Me Tell, Finding Your Voice After Trauma.”

Each month, VA’s Center for Women Veterans profiles a different woman Veteran author as part of its Women Veteran Authors Book Corner. This month’s author is Army National Guard Veteran Claudia Bartow.