Robin "R.D." Kardon is a former corporate and airline pilot with an Airline Transport Pilot certificate and three Captain qualifications. She had a twelve-year flying career that took her all over the world in every type of airplane from small single-engine Cessnas to the Boeing 737. She also holds a B.A. in Journalism and Sociology from NYU and a law degree from American University. A native New Yorker, Robin now lives in San Diego, California with her beloved rescue pets. 

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Her first novel, Flygirl, won the Solo Medal for Fiction in the 2019 summer Ebook awards from New Apple Literary. The Kindle eBook is also a #1 Bestseller on Amazon