Books by Medill Alumni
Highland Games and Hippodromes: Scottish Identity and Influence at the Dawn of the American Pro Wrestling Industry
Ian Douglass (MSJ06) The pioneer era of North American professional wrestling reached its peak just as tens of thousands of Scottish families were forcefully evicted...
Byline for the Dead
Ray Welling (BSJ81) Byline for the Dead is a historical mystery-thriller that interweaves stories from different eras as two journalists, five decades apart, work to...
Our Assyrian Story
Joseph Snell (MSJ20) Our Assyrian Story tells the real-life saga of an ancient community fighting to preserve its language and culture in the face of...
Entrepreneurship for Leaders
Jayshree Mainthia Vakil (MSJ91) The authors’ collective expertise provides a rich tapestry of insights, offering a comprehensive guide for leaders navigating the complex landscape of...
The Messi Effect
Paul Tenorio (BSJ07) In The Messi Effect, Paul Tenorio, national soccer writer for The Athletic, who has spent more than a decade providing insight into...
Tiny Glimmers of Light – a Novel
Tanya Athar-Jogee (IMC03) 2014: When a knock comes in the half-light before dawn in a slum in Karachi, Pakistan, the lives of 19-year-old Goha and...
Ocumo: A Latin American Novel
Tulio Capriles (MSJ99) Pen name: Mel Páez Güelcom to Ocumo, a city like any other on this side of the New World, somewhere, anywhere (everywhere!?)...
The Elusive Body: Patients, Doctors and the Diagnosis Crisis
Alexandra Sifferlin (BSJ12) Millions of Americans live with conditions that elude diagnosis, often navigating a healthcare system that fails to recognize or effectively address their...
Miami Road
Jerry Kirshenbaum (BSJ60) When Jerry Kirshenbaum’s family moved into a grand house on fashionable Miami Road in Benton Harbor, Michigan, life was comfortable but not...
AI for Families
Shannon Edwards (MSJ95) AI is already shaping how children learn, play, and see the world, leaving many families feeling overwhelmed and uncertain about navigating this...
The Art of Compassion
Alice Foeller (BSJ98) In this memoir of a liminal passage through grief, Alice Foeller shares compelling stories from the days and weeks following her husband’s...
The Impossible Detective
Bob Reiss (BSJ73) Coming January 2026. Distraught 12 year old Abani Singh shows up at the office of Mark St. Johns, private detective and grandson...
The Plan of Chicago: A City in Stories
Barry Pearce (BSJ1991) The Plan of Chicago: A City in Stories has an unusual structure – 9 linked stories set in 9 Chicago neighborhoods –...
Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports
Chris Serb (MSJ95) “Eckie: Walter Eckersall and the Rise of Chicago Sports” is part biography, part social history about Walter Eckersall, a three-sport champion in...
Disco: Music, Movies, and Mania under the Mirror Ball
Frank DeCaro (BSJ84) Half a century after the drug-fueled, DJ-driven, glamour-drenched musical phenomenon of disco was born at a New York City loft party, disco’s...