While I consider each of my episodes special, this one is especially near and dear to my heart. Lydia van Vogt has been a friend for many years and is one of the loveliest ladies I know. The photo is me with Lydia at the Writers of the Future Gala. She was a German translator for General Eisenhower in Germany in WW II, then granted her US citizenship once he became President. She then became a Chanel model.
She is the widow of Golden Age of Science Fiction author and Science Fiction Grand Master A.E. van Vogt.
And she has just turned 96.
Writers of the Future Podcast