Category Archives: Alumni Authors
The Chicago underworld
Boston College graduate Chuck Hogan is the author of Gangland (Grand Central Publishing, 2022), a new thriller based on Tony Accardo, who led the mob in Chicago in the 1970s, and his right-hand man Nicky Passero. What Accardo doesn’t know … Continue reading
Murder in D.C.
Congressional staffer Kit Marshall has another murder case (or two) to solve in Lethal Legacies (Camel Press, 2022), the latest installment in the Washington Whodunnit book series by Boston College graduate Colleen Shogan. In this novel, Kit attempts to clear … Continue reading
Crisis of freedom
The concept of freedom in the United States has become identified with an abstract, radical individualism disdainful of responsibility to others and to the past, according to theologian David DeCosse. In his new book, Created Freedom under the Sign of … Continue reading
Judo master
Boston College graduate Eve Nadel Catarevas has written a picture book biography of Rena Glickman, a pioneer of women’s judo. Glickman, known professionally as Rusty Kanokogi, was born in Brooklyn and practiced judo throughout her life. She was not allowed … Continue reading
Women artists
Discover Her Art (Chicago Review Press, 2022) introduces young readers to the lives and artwork of 24 women from the 16th to the 20th century. In each chapter, readers arrive at a masterwork, explore it with an artist’s eye, and … Continue reading
Opening minds
Boston College graduate and education consultant Afrika Afeni Mills explores why racial identity work is crucial, especially for white educators and students, in order to achieve a learning environment that is bias-free and truly advances diversity, equity, and inclusion, in … Continue reading
Fixing Broken Mirrors
In his newly published memoir, Fixing Broken Mirrors, 2022 Boston College graduate Taesung Kim recounts his lonely, traumatic childhood as the target of domestic abuse. Writing using the pen name Taesung, he also addresses his struggles with mental health issues. … Continue reading
Coming of age through grief and music
Boston College graduate Katie Moulton tells the story of her coming of age through grief and the music of Tom Petty in her new audiobook memoir, Dead Dad Club. Moulton’s father, a former record store manager who passed on his … Continue reading
Conscience and Catholic ed
How might recent developments in the theology of conscience in the Catholic tradition be better incorporated into the administration and teaching of K-12 Catholic schools and in Catholic colleges and universities? That question is the driving force behind a new … Continue reading
Marrying the Ketchups
In Marrying the Ketchups (Knopf/Penguin Random House, 2022), best-selling author Jennifer Close introduces readers to Bud Sullivan, proprietor of a Chicago-area restaurant/bar called JP Sullivans. The novel takes places during a tumultuous time and focuses on three of Bud’s grandchildren … Continue reading
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