Connections - Laura Dean, Children's Book Author

Celebrate one of our own! Warm Hearth Village team member Laura Dean shares her award-winning children’s picture book, Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilot, which tells the true story of a courageous young pilot who flew more than 150 life-saving missions for the American Red Cross during the historic South Dakota blizzards of 1949. A brief author talk will explore the inspiration behind the book, followed by Q&A and a book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event and are also available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Imaginations/Annie Kay’s, and The Book House in Floyd. Laura Beth Dean is a registered nurse at Warm Hearth Village, working in Quality Assurance and Staff Education. Raised abroad by missionary parents, she brings a lifelong passion for history, service, and storytelling to her writing. Her debut nonfiction children’s book, Georgia Jipp: Blizzard Pilot, has earned multiple national awards, including the Spur, Will Rogers Medallion, WILLA, and Moonbeam awards.