Nina Willner

Nina Willner is the author of two critically acclaimed nonfiction books, The Boys in the Light, which was named Amazon Editors' #3 Best Book of the Year - Top Nonfiction, and Best History Book of 2025, and Forty Autumns, named a Top 15 Nonfiction Book of 2016 by The CS Monitor. Prior to her writing...

The Boys in the Light: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival, Faith, and Brotherhood

By: Nina Willner

“This beautifully braided story...reveals the best and worst of humanity. A magnificent work of narrative nonfiction, true to the past and essential for the present.”—Mitchell Zuckoff, New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Shangri-La and 13 HoursAn epic true story of the triumph of good over evil.The Boys in the Light follows the parallel journeys of Company D and Eddie Willner, the a...