Author: A. E. Macdonald

• The Story of Arthur L. Delaney: A 10th Mountain Tribute

  Melrose Ski Slope honors fallen 10th Mountain Division Soldier.

  A. E. Macdonald

  December 8, 2025

  10th Mountain Division, Melrose, MA, New England, WWII

  10th Mountain Divison, Mountaineering, Skiing, The Macdonalds of Cedar Park

• The Map

  The Manhattan Project Map that shows Boston and where I found it

  A. E. Macdonald

  November 11, 2025

  atomic bomb, book, Manhattan Project, WWII

  atomic bomb, book, Boston, map

• When Melrose was a Ski Town

  When skiing was a big winter sport in Melrose, Massachusetts

  A. E. Macdonald

  October 28, 2025

  book, New England, WWII

• The Macdonalds of Cedar Park

  Join Author A. E. Macdonald, in conversation with Lisa Ballew, to discuss one family’s journey during WWII on Sunday, November 2 at 3:00 pm at Follow Your Art Community Studios 647 Main St | Melrose, MA

  A. E. Macdonald

  October 8, 2025

• Poet Alix Klingenberg Interview

  Alix Klingenberg, the author of two books of poetry, draws on the natural world, cycles, and seasons to express the light and dark within each of us. Alix and I chatted about her second book of poetry, Bread Sex Trees, and her writing process on Palette, the Follow Your Art blog, and Dead Darlings.

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 12, 2024

  Interviews

  author interview, publishing, writing, writing life

• Neely Tubati Alexander Interview

  Check out the Dead Darlings blog post where I chatted with Neely Tubati Alexander about her latest book, In a Not So Perfect World, a romantic romp about a video game designer and her hot actor/model neighbor, someone she hardly knows, thrown together in the honeymoon suite of a Caribbean hotel. Neely feels truly honored to…

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 12, 2024

  Interviews

  author interview

• Inside the Manhattan Project: Boston as an Innovative Manhattan Project Site

  Boston was one of those cities with a Manhattan Project Office from 1942 – 1946 when the Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation, based in Boston with offices across the country,  became the first master contractor for the project.

  A. E. Macdonald

  April 8, 2024

  book, Manhattan Project, New England, WWII

  atomic bomb, Boston, groves, Manhattan Project, nuclear, Oak Ridge, oppenheimer

• Researching Family Secrets: The Manhattan Project Connection

  Finding my grandfather in the records of the Manhattan Project at the National Archives in Atlanta, Georgia, sent me down the road to finding what my grandfather did in the cration of the atomic bomb.

  A. E. Macdonald

  July 7, 2022

  atomic bomb, book, Manhattan Project, WWII

  book, The Macdonalds of Cedar Park

• The Green Box

  Our grandmother would pull out the green box where she kept the letters and photos she treasured.

  A. E. Macdonald

  March 2, 2022

  childhood memories, writing, WWII

  letters, memories, work in progress, writing life, WWII

• Interview with Tammy Pasterick

  Author of Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash Check out the Dead Darlings blog to read my interview with Tammy Pasterick on her debut novel that is set against the grim backdrop of Western Pennsylvania’s steel mills and coal mines, Beneath the Veil of Smoke and Ash,  is a riveting story of immigrant grit and…

  A. E. Macdonald

  November 11, 2021

  Interviews

  author interview, writing publishing book