It’s been mentioned in the news here and there that Barbara Morgan, the Teacher in Space who is holding lessons while part of NASA’s current shuttle team, is the wife of Clay Morgan.

What’s not been made amply clear is that in the early ’90s, when the Morgans lived in McCall, Idaho, Clay Morgan wrote a fine little novel titled “Santiago and the Drinking Party.” Now out of print, the novel can be found through various Web sites.

Morgan once visited Spokane and read from his book at Auntie’s. Maybe his wife will come here one day and read from her own book. Or one that he wrote about her.

Below: Astronaut Barbara Morgan’s husband Clay once read from his novel “Santiago and the Drinking Party” at Auntie’s Bookstore.

Associated Press

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