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Craig Hutson is a nonfiction author passionate about Chicago history, specializing in the city’s urban development and transformation.

His debut book, From Railyards to High-Rises, tells the fascinating story of a distinctive area in Chicago where the Chicago River meets Lake Michigan. He explores how this area was transformed from lake into land into railyards, and, finally, into an urban high-rise enclave—a key chapter in Chicago’s history and urban development.

Before writing From Railyards to High-Rises, he worked in research and development in both academia and industry. With an engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he combines strong analytical skills with a passion for Chicago history to provide a fre
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The writing process—sticking with it

Writing a book requires a level of focus and diligence that I can only describe as—astounding. Now I’m doing it for a second time, and it’s no different. If I do the math at the end of any particular day, my day’s contribution to the overall project, when rounded in a certain way, is 0%. And that’s how it feels—even on a good day. But I get up the next day and do it again, for what feels like an e Read more of this blog post »
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Published on September 27, 2025 11:34 Tags: author-motivation, chicago-history, writing-process
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