Growing up in a family steeped in military history, Carole Engle Avriett often heard her uncle--chief mechanic for Gen. Claire Lee Chenault’s Flying Tigers--insist, "Ain’t no fake stories ever gonna outdo the real ones." Convinced that he was right, Avriett pursued a career as an editor with Southern Living Magazine for nearly fifteen years recording real-life stories, then as an author at the intersection of true-life narratives and military history. She is the author of six books, including Coffin Corner Boys.