Homer Hickam | |
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![]() Hickam Jr. in 2020 | |
Born | Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. February 19, 1943 Coalwood, West Virginia, U.S. |
Occupation | Author |
Alma mater | Virginia Tech (BS) |
Genre | Memoirs, historical fiction |
Notable works | Rocket Boys: A Memoir Torpedo Junction Back to the Moon The Josh Thurlow series The Coalwood Way Sky of Stone Red Helmet We Are Not Afraid |
Spouse | Linda Terry Hickam Paula Morgan (div. 1986) |
Relatives | Homer Hickam Sr. (father) Elsie Hickam (mother) Jim Hickam (brother) |
Military career | |
Service/ | U.S. Army |
Years of service | 1964–1970 |
Rank | ![]() |
Unit | Fourth Infantry Division |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |
Awards | Bronze Star Medal Army Commendation Medal |
Website | |
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Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels, his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator and in 2021 the sequel to Rocket Boys titled Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky. His books have been translated into many languages.
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