Category Archives: Alumni Authors
Words of wisdom
Boston College graduate Maria Leonard Olsen is a lawyer, journalist, and author who hosts the “Becoming Your Best Version” podcast. She shares words of wisdom from more than 75 inspiring women she has featured on her podcast in the book … Continue reading
On trial
Martin (Marty) Aronson, a 1958 graduate of Boston College Law School and past president of the BC Law Alumni Association, is the author of the novel, Full Courtroom Press. Set in Boston in the 1970s, Full Courtroom Press tells the … Continue reading
Civil rights road trip
When 1970 Boston College graduate John (Jack) Hanrahan and his wife traveled through the South to visit sites that were connected to important events in the country’s civil rights era, they found the most recent book on civil rights travel … Continue reading
Constructing communities in the ‘Aeneid’
A new book from Boston College graduate Tedd Wimperis presents a fresh take on the Aeneid, the ancient Roman epic poem written by Vergil that tells the mythical story of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who leads a community of refugees to … Continue reading
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Irish family ties
During the 19th and 20th centuries, millions of Irish immigrated to the United States. Among them was 20-year-old Bridget Meade of County Clare who arrived alone in Boston in 1909. Her grandson, Vincent J. Quealy, Jr., chronicles her story in … Continue reading
Fiona McPhee
Child and adolescent psychotherapist and author Katie Hurley, from the BC Class of 1997, has teamed up with her daughter Riley Hurley on the new children’s book, Fiona McPhee, Please Listen to Me! (PESI Publishing, Inc., 2024). Fiona is a … Continue reading
The Heirloom
The Heirloom (G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Penguin Random House, 2024) is a new novel written by 2005 Boston College graduate Jessie Rosen. A marriage proposal with an heirloom engagement ring sets the novel’s action in motion. While Shea Anderson says yes to … Continue reading
Plymouth, MA and Columbia, MO
Stephen Paul Sayers, a 1988 Boston College graduate, pays homage to two of his favorite locations in the United States in the travel books, 100 Things to Do in Columbia, MO Before You Die and 100 Things to Do in … Continue reading
Trey’s adventures continue
Boston College graduate Tyrese Rice, a star point guard during his years on the Heights (2005-2009), has published two more titles in his children’s book series: Trey and the German Voyage and Trey’s Spanish Extravaganza. According to Rice, his book … Continue reading
Risen from the Ashes
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, a human rights atrocity that left approximately one million Tutsi dead over the course of about 100 days. Marcel Uwineza, a Jesuit priest and Boston College graduate, was a … Continue reading
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