Nardi Reeder Campion (1917–2007) was the author of nine books including two memoirs, Everyday Matters: A Love Story and Over the Hill, You Pick Up Speed. Other books include Bringing Up the Brass, with Colonel Red Reeder (the basis for John Ford’s film The Long Gray Line). She wrote for publications including the New York Times Magazine, the New Yorker, Boston Globe Magazine, Life, Sports Illustrated, and Yankee.