J. Shep, author of The December Issue (2023) and After Me (2024), has taught at the high school and the university levels while directing plays for several decades. The Illinois resident enjoys writin…
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is oft…
Erich Maria Remarque was a German novelist best known for All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), a landmark anti-war novel based on his experiences in World War I. The book became an international bes…
Geralyn Hesslau Magrady is a poet, essayist, and novelist . A Chicago native who specializes in local history, Geralyn won the “Soon to be Famous Illinois Author” contest for her 2015 novel Lines, whi…
Maria Giuseppa, author of R&R: A Feast of Words (2024), has lived in the Chicago suburban area since arriving in the United States from her native Italy. She has followed a number of career paths all …
