2 Chicago-area seniors publish suspense novels
It's never too late to write a thriller novel. "The Keller Papers" by Ellis M. Goodman, and "The Root Cellar" by C.A. Thomas — both Chicago-area senior citizens — are...
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As idea of Muslim registry looms, new book ‘Un-American’ offers glimpse of shameful past
The Chicago-based CityFiles Press and its writer-editors Richard Cahan and Michael Williams have made a name for themselves over the past decade as one of the Windy City's most active...
Shawn Shiflett’s ‘Hey, Liberal!’ tells story of racially-torn Chicago in 1969
Chicago's public schools are seemingly in a near-constant state of turmoil these days, but in his new novel, "Hey, Liberal!" (Chicago Review Press), Chicago author Shawn Shiflett — an associate...
Suburban bookseller Anderson’s continues to draw crowds with events
Chicagoans hardly lack for public events involving books and authors, with Women and Children First, Co-op Bookstore and 57th Street Books, the Book Cellar, Unabridged Bookstore and other independent sellers...
A tale of a dyslexic spy who almost sold U.S. intel
Dyslexia — by now a well-known condition whose sufferers have difficulty reading, writing and, in particular, spelling — has been no great roadblock to success for many people. Steven Spielberg,...
Bill Rancic sheds ‘Light’ on first novel
Bill Rancic, still best known as the handsome Chicagoan who won the first season of "The Apprentice" and later worked for that show's host, Donald Trump, is no stranger to...
Local writer in ‘Pursuit’ of T Bone Burnett legend
It's hard to overestimate the role of producer T Bone Burnett in American music. I first became aware of him in 2000 while working in Nashville, Tenn., where he was...
Editor for Booklist discusses her upcoming work, ‘Identity Unknown’
When they hear that Donna Seaman is preparing to publish a book about female artists, most people assume that means literary artists, otherwise known as writers. Seaman is, after all,...
Chicago legends Al Capone, Nelson Algren live again in new books
It's hard to think of two figures who loom as large in Chicago's collective imagination as Al Capone and Nelson Algren. Without stretching too much, we can think of the...
Christine Sneed’s ‘Virginity of Famous Men’ explores battleground of modern love
There's good love and bad love, but it's all the sorts of love in between — hopeful, tarnished, downright impossible, sometimes all at once — that Christine Sneed catalogs in...