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In 2012, after a couple grueling, draining years researching and writing a biography of US intelligence whistleblower Chelsea Manning, author and regular TIME contributor Denver Nicks was looking for a lighter subject. That’s when it dawned on him how little he actually knew or understood about ho…
Born into dire poverty and raised in the projects of Chicago, Curtis Mayfield went on to become a musical prodigy and an iconic voice of the 1960s civil rights era, with hits like “People Get Ready” and “Keep On Pushing.” Yet, no great biography has ever been written about the musician until…
Kathryn J. Atwood has written several books for our Women of Action series: Women Heroes of World War II, Code Name Pauline, and Women Heroes of World War I. Although these titles are categorized as YA, they also attract a range of adult readers. Booklist says her newest book, Women Heroes of World…
Harry Haskell is the author of Maiden Flight, a novel tracing the life and love of Katharine Wright, sister of famous inventors Wilbur and Orville. In the book, Haskell shares Katharine’s path as she painfully separates herself from supporting Orville in order to pursue a romantic relationship wit…
Ben Montgomery is the author of the New York Times bestseller Grandma Gatewood’s Walk and the forthcoming The Leper Spy: The Story of an Unlikely Hero of World War II (October 1), which reveals the nearly lost-to-history accomplishments of Josefina Guerrero, a Filipina spy who undertook daring mis…
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It’s been more than 25 years since the last biography of Nelson Algren came out, and Chicago journalist Mary Wisniewski spent about half that time crafting her own book on the famed author. In the evenings, on the weekends and between articles for her day job as a transit reporter for the Chicago …