Charles Morgan Evans

Charles Morgan Evans is a writer based in Coos Bay, Oregon, and Reno, Nevada. He has known Valerie Andre for over 20 years and worked from numerous primary sources while researching his book. He is also the author of The War of the Aeronauts—A History of Ballooning in the Civil War. Evans is also a graduate with a Master of Arts degree in history from San Francisco State University and the founding curator of the Hiller Aviation Museum in northern California.