Elizabeth Wein's sensational Code Name Verity is a different kind of historical fiction than we knew, and the genre—both young adult and historical fiction—are better for it. A story about resilience and friendship, this novel has affected thousands of readers across the world, and continues to have influence as a story focused on friendship. Elizabeth Wein is a recreational pilot and the owner of about a thousand maps. Flight inspires her writing for young adults, including her bestselling World War II thriller Code Name Verity and her nonfiction book A Thousand Sisters: The Heroic Airwomen of the Soviet Union in World War II. Elizabeth lives in Scotland and holds American and British citizenship. She is married to games developer Tim Gatland, and they have two grown children. She invites you to visit her at elizabethwein.com . You can find more of my reviews of books on TIME's Top 100 YA Books of All Time list here . A British spy plane crashes in Nazi-occupied Franc...