Category Archives: Alumni Authors
Discovering home
In the award-winning picture book My Heart Speaks Kriolu (Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025), a grandfather talks of bringing his granddaughter to their ancestral home, Cabo Verde. But each time he urges the young girl … Continue reading
A modern retelling of ‘Persuasion’
Worse Than Strangers (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster, 2026), a new book by 2019 Boston College graduate Kyleigh Leddy, is a modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion. Set on Nantucket, Worse Than Strangers is the story of Lily Gardner, unemployed and … Continue reading
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The prosecutor and the madam
Bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, have co-written a historical novel about a prosecutor and a madam who team up to bring down a notorious Mob boss in 1930s New York City. In A Pair of Aces (Penguin Random House/Berkley, … Continue reading
The myth of neutrality
In his new book The Opinionated University: Academic Freedom, Diversity, and the Myth of Neutrality in American Higher Education (University of Chicago Press, 2026), Boston College graduate Brian Soucek pushes against the tide of universities increasingly pledging to stay neutral … Continue reading
A pilgrim heart
After spending 300 miles on the Ignatian Camino, Boston College graduate Christine Marie Eberle returned to the United States with blisters that would fade, friendships that would not, and the conviction that anyone can develop a pilgrim heart. In her … Continue reading
‘Incidental Pollen’
Ellen Austin-Li, a 1980 Boston College graduate, has published her first full-length collection of poetry. Incidental Pollen (Madville Publishing, 2025) is a Trio Award finalist, a Wisconsin Poetry Series semi-finalist, and runner-up for the Arthur Smith Poetry Prize. The collection … Continue reading
Bringing Pope Francis’ message to children
Bestselling children’s book creators Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds have published a new book in collaboration with the late Pope Francis. In Our Treasures Within (Loyola Press, 2026), the wisdom of Pope Francis is brought to life through … Continue reading
Honoring the legacy of Thomas Groome
A new publication honors the scholarly contributions and legacy of Clough School of Theology and Ministry Professor Thomas H. Groome, a renowned Catholic religious educator and theologian who is retiring after 50 years at Boston College. A Shared Praxis: Renewing … Continue reading
‘Daughter of Egypt’
Daughter of Egypt (St. Martin’s Press, 2026), the latest novel from Boston College grad Marie Benedict, is about Lady Evelyn Herbert, an archaeologist whose relentless curiosity sends her on a quest to find the tomb of Hatshepsut, Egypt’s lost pharaoh. … Continue reading
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