Anna Leahy and Doug Dechow are co-authors of Generation Space: A Love Story, which they previewed during their joint fellowship. At Chapman University Dr. Leahy, a poet and nonfiction writer, teaches in the MFA and BFA programs; and Dechow is the Engineering, Science, and Digital Humanities Librarian. They are the creators of the Lofty Ambitions blog, which covers science, aviation, and spaceflight. During their fellowship Anna led a poetry workshop, and Doug presented correspondence from The Center for American War Letters.

The American Library in Paris Visiting Fellowship was created in 2013 to nurture and sustain a heritage as old as the Library itself: deepening French-American understanding. The Visiting Fellowship offer writers and researchers an opportunity to pursue a creative project in Paris for a month or longer while participating actively in the life of the American Library.

The Visiting Fellowship is made possible through the generous support of The de Groot Foundation.