Possible Clues:

• Novel from a master getting priest engrossed
• -- Earhart, aviation pioneer
• 1751 novel by Henry Fielding
• Joni Mitchell song with the lyric 'She was swallowed by the sky'
• Flyer's first name
• Hilary Swank biopic of '09
• Name in worldwide July 1937 headlines
• Earhart, who flew solo across the Atlantic
• 2009 role for Hilary
• Hilary Swank film of '09