Fika with Vicky’s Guest this week is #1best selling author Chris Hadfield. Despite The Defector’s recent release, and a busy book tour schedule, Chris graciously agreed to having a thirty minute conversation. So this is a pre-recorded Fika Special Feature for you to enjoy. I know I enjoyed the time I spent with this author. 

 We’ll be focussing on his thrillers The Apollo Murders and The Defector, which take place during the Cold War. Both books are #1 National Best Sellers, The Apollo Murders also being a New York Times Best Seller and The Times (London) Thriller of the Year Pick. 

A regular live Fika with Vicky will begin at 1:40 p.m., and you’re welcome to join in and let us know what you liked about The Apollo Murders or The Defector, or just say hello. 
 
   Photo Credit: Shye Klein
  

Bio:  Chris Hadfield has flown three space missions, built two space stations, performed two spacewalks, crewed the Shuttle and Soyuz, and commanded the International Space Station.
Formerly NASA’s Director of Operations in Russia, Hadfield is a heavily decorated astronaut, engineer,
and military fighter pilot who was named the Top Test Pilot in both the US Air Force and the US Navy,
and was inducted into Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame.
A 4-time internationally bestselling author, Hadfield has written An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth;
You Are Here; a children’s book The Darkest Dark; and the thriller The Apollo Murders, which is in
production as an 8-part TV series. Hadfield also released a music album, Space Sessions: Songs from a
Tin Can, and his TED talk, What I Learned from Going Blind in Space, has been viewed over 11 million
times.
Hadfield is the co-creator and host of the internationally acclaimed BBC series Astronauts, as well as the
co-host, with actor Will Smith, of National Geographic’s One Strange Rock. He produces the celebrated
Rare Earth series on YouTube and is a creator of the on-stage celebration Generator, which combines
science, comedy, and music.
Additionally, Hadfield is an adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo, has a Masterclass online,
advises SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, runs the Space stream at the Creative Destruction Lab, and serves 
on several boards. 

You can learn more about Chris on his website at https://chrishadfield.ca/

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