Barbara Michaels
Elizabeth Peters (writing as Barbara Michaels) was born and brought up in Illinois and earned her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago's famed Oriental Institute. Peters was named Grandmaster at the inaugural Anthony Awards in 1986, ... [... more]
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Olga Soffer
Olga Soffer, formerly a fashion industry insider, is a professor of anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. [... more]
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Dan Hooper
Dan Hooper is an associate scientist in the theoretical astrophysics group at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, where he investigates dark matter, supersymmetry, neutrinos, extra dimensions, and cosmic rays. ... [... more]
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Ben Joravsky
Co-author of Race and Politics in Chicago,he is a resident of Chicago, Illinois. [... more]
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Betsy Carter
At two, Delores's mother dropped her into the shallow end of a lake, trusting instinct would teach her daughter to swim. From then on, the water is where Delores Walker feels most at home. Now... Carbondale, Illinois. 1958. For widowed Tessie ... [... more]
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Carolyn Crimi
Carolyn Crimi was born and raised on Long Island, New York, and now lives in Evanston, Illinois, with her husband Alfonso, and their two cats, Oscar and Mama. Carolyn received her B.A. from Lake Forest College. The author of several previous ... [... more]
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William Maxwell
William Maxwell has written a new Introduction for this Modern Library edition. On an Illinois farm in the 1920s, a man is murdered, and in the same moment the tenous friendship between two lonely boys comes to an end. In telling their ... [... more]
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Jack Coombe
Jack D. Coombe is the author of , which was nominated for the Fletcher Pratt Award. He and his wife, Peg, live in Northbrook, Illinois. Gunsmoke Over the Atlantic First Naval Actions of the Civil War , the Civil War began when shots were fired on ... [... more]
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Therese Fowler
Therese Fowler is the author of Souvenir. She holds an MFA in creative writing. She grew up in Illinois and now lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with her husband and two sons. Meg Powell and Carson McKay were raised side by side on their ... [... more]
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Daniel L. Everett
Daniel L. Everett is the Chair of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at Illinois State University. A riveting account of the astonishing experiences and discoveries made by linguist Daniel Everett while he lived with the Pirahã, a small tribe ... [... more]
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Michael Berube
Michael Berube is a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, and in 1994 was named University Scholar. He is the author of three other books, and has written for many academic journals a When Jamie Bérubé was [... more]
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George Dooley
George E. Dooley was born, raised, and educated in Chicago, Illinois. At 17 he quit college to join the army, where he served as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. He was selected for Special Forces training, and in February 1967, when ... [... more]
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