Rowland White (born 18 June 1970) is a British best-selling author. He writes about aviation.

Life and education

White grew up in

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, and began learning and writing about aviation as a child,"Is rekindling lost romance of aviation just a flight of fancy?"
''The Yorkshire Post''. before studying Modern History at the

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. He graduated in 1992. He now lives in a village near Cambridge with his wife and three children.

Career

White's first book, ''Vulcan 607'' (about the first

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raid in the

Falklands Conflict The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...

1982), was published by Bantam Press in 2006. It was followed in 2009 by ''Phoenix Squadron'' and, in 2010 ''Storm Front'', about the Dhofar War in Oman in the early seventies. All three were "The Sunday Times" top-ten bestsellers. These were followed by ''The Big Book of Flight'', published by Bantam Press in 2013 and ''Into the Black'' (2016) about the first flight of the space shuttle in 1981. White's writing has appeared in British national newspapers including "The Guardian", "The Daily Mail" and "The Sun", "Esquire" magazine, and in aviation magazines including "Aeroplane Monthly", "Fly Past" and "Aircraft Illustrated". A documentary based on the book ''Vulcan 607'' called "The Falklands’ Most Daring Raid" was made by Darlow Smithson, and was first aired on Channel 4 in March 2012. White has also worked as the publishing director at Michael Josephs Publishing."From one side of the desk to another"
''Galley Cat''. He has published works by

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Works

* ''Vulcan 607'' (

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, 2006) * ''Phoenix Squadron'' (Bantam Press, 2009) * ''Storm Front'' (Bantam Press, 2010) * ''The Big Book of Flight'' (Bantam Press, 2013) * ''Into the Black'' (Bantam Press, 2016) * ''Harrier 809'' (Bantam Press, 2020) * ''Mosquito'' (Bantam Press, 2023)

References

External links

1. http://www.rowlandwhite.com/ {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Rowland Alumni of the University of Liverpool British aviation writers Writers from Cambridge 1970 births Living people