Books by Medill Alumni
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...
The Witch’s Apprentice and Other Stories
Ekta Garg (MSJ2002) Have you ever wondered why Jack and Jill needed that pail of water in the first place? Or how Sleeping Beauty managed...
The History of Journalism in Latin America
Rick Rockwell (BSJ79) From the deserts of northern Mexico to as far south as the Rio Plata in Argentina, this book from Routledge traces the...
The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne
Chris Sweeney (MSJ08) “The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne” tells the fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s...
A Life of the Party
Dave Schechter (MSJ78) “A Life of the Party” is a work of historical fiction about a Jewish woman who devoted four-plus decades of her life...
The Perfect Stranger
Brian Pinkerton (MSJ90) Everyone loves Alison, the new remote employee at a major energy company. She’s a rising star in the virtual workspace, displaying incredible...
A German Jew’s Triumph: Fritz Oppenheimer and the Denazification of Germany
Cindy Handler (BSJ79) When Prussian soldier Fritz Oppenheimer left the WWI battlefield with two Iron Crosses, he could never have imagined that the pinnacle of...
The Last Ferry Out
Andrea Bartz (BSJ08, MSJ08) When Abby sets foot on Isla Colel, she isn’t sure what—if anything—she’ll find. She only knows that she needs to see...
A Season on the Mat: Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection
Nolan Zavoral (MSJ69) In “A Season on the Mat (Dan Gable and the Pursuit of Perfection),” the author takes the reader through the last season...