Laura Farmer

In fact, local author Katie Mills Giorgio says there are 100 things – just in the Cedar Rapids area – that should be on your bucket list.

70-year-old author said it took time for him to have the maturity to write a good novel.

“The Family Chao” is a rich literary murder mystery about family dynamics, ambition, and the various ways we chase the American Dream.

‘Printmaker’s Daughter, Painter’s Wife’ proves that Nina Barragan - the pen name for Rocio Lasansky Weinstein - is herself an artist. Barragan, daughter of Mauricio Lasansky and wife to Alan Weinstein, captivates you with her journeys as both a child and wife.

How would you spend your last days on earth? That question drives Iowa City author Mike Meginnis’ latest novel, “Drowning Practice.”

“Behind the Big House: Reconciling Slavery, Race, and Heritage in the U.S. South,” by Jodi Skipper, provides insight on how to fully tell the difficult history of slavery in the U.S. The book is out now from the University of Iowa Press.

Best-selling author and proud Iowan Heather Gudenkauf is back with another page-turning thriller sure to keep readers up late on these long winter nights.

Husband and wife duo Craig Campbell and Priscilla Steele joined forces to create a quirky children’s book about orthodontics, “The History of Orthodontics Through Time and Space.”

Chuy Renteria wears many hats. He’s a key figure in the Iowa dance scene, a teacher, a father, husband, mentor, and leader in the field of diversity, equity and inclusion and now he can add author to that list.

The founder of the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program and professor emeritus at the University of Iowa has written “The Ninth Decade” that chronicles eight years of Klaus’ life after 80, with each essay covering a six-month time period.