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Carole Hopson, a Boeing 737 Captain for United Airlines, wrote her debut novel A Pair of Wings, based on the true story of Bessie Coleman, a Black female aviatrix who shattered the sky a century ago, earning an international pilot's license in France, in French in 1921, nearly two years ahead of Amelia Earhart.

Called “thrilling,” by Oprah Daily, A Pair of Wings has garnered numerous awards, including: NPR’s Book of the Day, Essence Magazine’s Top 15 Book Picks For Summer 2024, one of the Library Journal’s Best Historical Fiction Books of 2024, This Week’s Best New Books by Woman’s World and was the inaugural novel/author collaboration featured on the popular BookBase app. 

Twenty percent of each book sale goes to the Jet Black Foundation, a 501 c.3 not-for-profit organization Carole founded in order to send 100 Black women to flight school by the year 2035. Carole continues to share her moving personal story with audiences worldwide. She hopes to inspire anyone who is looking to find their own pair of wings.