William Prochnau, a contributing editor to Vanity Fair and award-winning journalist, is the author of six books including the highly acclaimed "Once Upon a Distant War." His latest work, "Miracle on the Hudson," is co-authored with his wife, Laura Parker, and the survivors of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. Miracle is an aviation drama unlike few before it, written like a fast-paced adventure novel but true to the last detail of courage and fear as told by the survivors of what seemed an almost certainly doomed flight. Prochnau has written both fiction and nonfiction. He has had two movies made from his work, including "Proof of Life" with Russell Crowe. Widely known as a commentator on journalism, daily newspapers and the media, the former Washington Post national reporter is perhaps best known for his book "Once Upon a Distant War," a heralded work on war correspondents still in print after 15 years.