About the Author

Retired after 25 years as an Assistant Prosecutor in Essex County, New Jersey, Eileen Cosgrove is publishing "The Fighting Hawks at D-Day" as a tribute to her stepson LCpl. Christopher B. Cosgrove III.  Christopher was killed by a suicide bomber in Al Anbar Province, Iraq on October 1, 2006. Inspired by Christopher's love of history, Eileen makes history come alive through the characters in "The Fighting Hawks at D-Day" and "The Fighting Hawks at Pearl Harbor". Christopher lives on, fighting alongside his real life brothers, Kevin and Brian and their friends.  He teaches them and the reader history along the way.

Never much of a history buff, Eileen began reading history so she could engage in intelligent conversations with Christopher.  Once she began reading oral histories, she was hooked!  She realized the reason children do not like history is because of the way it is taught.  In "The Fighting Hawks at D-Day,", and "The Fighting Hawks at Pearl Harbor", she finds a way to make history interesting and fun.

Eileen is married to her husband Chris and the mother of Kevin, 26 and Brian, 22.