Homer H Hickam JrHomer H. Hickam, Jr. is the author of Carrying Albert Home, the Josh Thurlow series, the Crater series, and the # 1 New York Times bestselling memoir Rocket Boys, which was adapted into the movie October Sky. A Vietnam veteran and a former NASA enginer, he won the University of Alabama's Clarence Cason Award and the Appalachian Heritage Writer's Award. For more information, visit www.homerhickam.com. Read More Read Less