Carole Engle Avriett
Growing up in a family steeped in military history, Carole Engle Avriett often heard her uncle—chief mechanic for Claire Chennault’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. Coffin Corner Boys is her sixth book.
