Gary D. Wilson is a fiction writer living in Chicago, Illinois. He is the author of Sing, Ronnie Blue (Rager Media, Inc., 2007) and Getting Right (Roundfire Books, John Hunt Publishers, Jan. 29, 2016).
NPR’S BOOK OF THE DAY
- R.F. Kuang says there’s 'quite a lot' of herself in 'Katabasis' protagonist Alice June 16, 2026R.F. Kuang’s fantasy novel Katabasis, first published in 2025, is out in paperback. The book is about two rival doctoral students studying magic at Cambridge University. Together, they travel to hell to rescue their recently deceased thesis advisor. Last year, Kuang joined NPR’s Emiko Tamagawa for a conversation about the novel at a live event […]
- Theo Baker delves into power and corruption at Stanford in 'How to Rule the World' June 15, 2026A few years ago, Theo Baker – then a student at Stanford University – joined the school newspaper and broke a story that forced the university president to resign. Marc Tessier-Lavigne, he uncovered, had overseen several labs in which researchers had falsified results. His new book How to Rule the World documents power and corruption […]
