Category Archives: Alumni Authors
Finding home
In his forthcoming memoir, A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home, alumnus Steve Pemberton (Class of 1989) writes about growing up in a foster home with no knowledge of … Continue reading
Aftermath
Author T.M. Murphy, a member of the BC Class 0f 1993 best known for his Belltown Mysteries children’s series, has teamed with his brother Seton for the adult novel The Running Waves. According to the authors, The Running Waves touches … Continue reading
Under Fire
Margaret McLean, a member of the BC Class of 1988 who teaches in the Carroll School of Management, is the author of the new legal thriller, Under Fire. The novel is about a Senegalese immigrant charged with setting fire to … Continue reading
Women of the Passion
Following a successful career in academia and numerous scholarly publications, Joan Driscoll Lynch, a 1957 graduate of the Lynch School of Education and professor emerita at Villanova University, has directed her pen toward a new form. Her first novel, Women … Continue reading
Lessons from the F.B.I.
William A. Gavin, a member of the Boston College Class of 1963, has co-authored a new book that taps into expertise gained from his 28 years of investigative and executive management positions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Through a … Continue reading
Visualizing Law
Visual digital technologies are having a profound impact on the practice and theory of law, according to BC Law alumnus Richard Sherwin, a professor at New York Law School and author of the new book, Visualizing Law in the Age … Continue reading
Idea Hunter
Boston College Carroll School of Management Dean and BC alumnus Andy Boynton has co-authored a new book that challenges many of the assumptions about how great ideas— the kind that can boost careers, change organizations, and improve lives– are discovered. … Continue reading
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More authors at the Arts Festival
Authors Janet Costa Bates and Erin Dionne will be featured Saturday during the Arts Festival. Dionne, a graduate from the Class of 1997, will read from her book, Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet. Bates, who works at BC’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Festival, children's book
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Hogan at Arts Festival
Author and alumnus Chuck Hogan will return to campus this week to take part in the University’s annual Arts Festival, where he will be honored for his artistic achievement. Hogan is the author of several books, including Prince of Thieves, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arts Festival, The Town
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Feminized majority
BC alumna Katherine Adam (Class of 2007) had her senior thesis published as book — a rare feat for an undergraduate project. On March 15, Adam will return to campus to discuss her book, The New Feminized Majority: How Democrats … Continue reading
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Tagged politics, Sociology Dept, Women's and Gender Studies
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