At work: hardworking news journalists. At home: omnivorous fiction readers. We asked our colleagues what they've enjoyed most this year and here are the titles they shared.
Local authors & book news
Heard on the “Sound of Ideas”
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Acclaimed humorist Mo Rocca is back with a new book, "Roctogenarians."
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Lisa Husiman Koops, Ph.D, has written a book, “The Family Guide to Parenting Musically" that explores how everyone can bring music into their lives and how that enriches the lives of children.
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“The Birds that Audubon Missed,” details the life of John James Audubon and his role as both an artist and scientist chronicling the bird life of early America.
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With decades of law experience, Pete Kirsanow enjoys the thrill of writing military fiction. His latest novel, "Zero Option," centers on U.S. agents dispatched to stop a suspected assassination plan.
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Bill Hershey was a journalist for the Akron Beacon Journal and the Dayton Daily News, but served first as a Peace Corps volunteer in the late 1960s.
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Richey Piiparinen details how he sees his path and that of the city he loves are inextricably linked. His memoir is titled, “Octopus Hunting.”
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NPR host Sara McCammon talks about her memoir, “The Evangelicals.” McCammon is a national political reporter for NPR.
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The renowned author discusses her new non-fiction best-selling book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” that grew out of her nature journal.
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Aging and the passage of time factor into Cleveland poet George Bilgere new collection tited “Cheap Motels of My Youth.”
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Bill Kelly, co-founder of Cleveland Book Week, caught Patterson's the attention when was he was in town to promote his 2022 memoir “The Stories of My Life."