About The Author

Paula Wesselmann was the perfect Pan Am Stewardess. She was a model, actress, professionally
groomed and trained with famous stars like Jacqueline Bisset in the New Talent School
at Twentieth Century Fox. Before leaving her home of Tucson, Arizona, Paula became
the first female weather broadcaster for KZAZ, a channel owned by Danny Thomas and
was challenged physically and mentally as Arizona’s state fencing champion. At the
University of Arizona Paula won Miss Tucson for the Miss America Pageant and became
the first independent (non-sorority member) to win Best Dressed Girl on Campus,
sponsored by Glamour Magazine. Paula joined her sister, Linda, and flew for Pan
Am in the late sixties – the golden age of travel. She has a master’s degree from
the University of Arizona and has taught school and writing for many years. She
is married to Jim Wesselmann, a professor of Math\Engineering, with two sons, Nicholas
and Paul.