Chicago Authors Starter Pack
Fiction and non-fiction authors from or near Chicago (or who write about Chicago).
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@profitableauthor.bsky.social
@larryodean.bsky.social
Flint-born, former San Franciscan, Chicago-based poet, educator, singer-songwriter, and kitchen sink sardonicist https://www.larryodean.com
@jamesklise.bsky.social
reader/h.s. educator/writer I’ll Take Everything You Have, The Art of Secrets (Algonquin/Hachette), rep Jennifer Laughran at ABLA. Teaches at StoryStudio in Chicago
@chicagoactor.bsky.social
Actor. Author of Wicked Immoral Utterly Bad: A History of Chicago Theatre 1837-1974
@wucker.bsky.social
Gray rhino guru, policy and risk governance educator and strategic advisor, best selling author of THE GRAY RHINO and YOU ARE WHAT YOU RISK. Celiac. Chicago. #Econsky thegrayrhino.com
@granger451.bsky.social
Graphic designer, writer hoping to kindly, gently contribute to the education of people who vote against their own good. Joyful feminist. If you use antiquated sexist/racist words I will point that out. Language is powerful.
@mediawally.bsky.social
@tiffanygholar.com
Chicago-based artist, interior designer, and author. Open for fine art commissions. Available for new interior design clients. www.tiffanygholar.com
@carmelamartino.bsky.social
Poet. Author. Teacher. Blogger @ TeachingAuthors.com. My YA historical PLAYING BY HEART was inspired by 2 amazing 18th-century sisters who lived in Milan. Rep. @bookbarrista.bsky.social www.carmelamartino.com
@linachern.bsky.social
Author. Fool. Mary Higgins Clark Award, Lefty & Anthony nominations for PLAY THE FOOL (2023, @randomhouse). 2025: TRICKS OF FORTUNE http://linktr.ee/linachern
@twleslie.bsky.social
Architect, Author, Educator. Professor, Illinois School of Architecture.
@ancaszilagyi.bsky.social
Author of DAUGHTERS OF THE AIR, called “a striking debut from a writer to watch” by Shelf Awareness & DREAMS UNDER GLASS, called “a novel for our modern times” by Buzzfeed Books. Repped by Howland Literary. ancawrites.com.
@jonfila.bsky.social
Teacher/Author/Professional Development (AI, OER, Accessibility, Instructional Design) 2022 MN Teacher of the Year Finalist; 1986 Mr. Hustle Award (Jim Dutcher B-ball Camp) Chicago, IL Creator: Dolorem https://doloremcomic.com AI Edu books on Amazon
@rickkaempfer.bsky.social
Publisher, author, writer, podcaster, media critic, Cubs fan, embarrassing Dad.
@millerscave.bsky.social
Music Industry Castaway. Detroit. Chicago. Borges: “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” To which I hastily add, "That also has lots of weird punk, rockabilly, R&B, and George Carlin records."
@tlcortlieb.bsky.social
Writer, journalist, wifey, mum. Crazy foster kitten lady for PAWS Chicago. 🐾🐾🐾
@adamsleper.bsky.social
Dad, hubby, writer. Illinois artist grants, Chicago Writers Assoc, Horror Writers Assoc, Page/AFF finalist, PEN Emerging Writers. Black List 8+. Shakespeare/R.E.M. USMNT/Huskers/Red Sox. Rep: Mark Gottlieb@Trident www.adamsleper.com AdamSleper.substack.com
@storyluck.bsky.social
I write gut wrenching shoe gazer memoirs. And the penance for my sin is being a good listener. I produce storytelling shows in Chicago and run a virtual book club called Detention.
@dianeon.bsky.social
Chicago writer of poems, essays, and kidlit. She/Her www.dianeoneill.ink
@dustbunnymafia.bsky.social
Enter the whimsical world of Bret Juliano, creator of Dust Bunny Mafia, Detective Potatoes, and Mobimals, where humor, heart, and quirky mobsters come to life for all ages in comic art form.
@marthabayne.bsky.social
Writer, editor, dancer, souper. Various responsibilities @ University of Illinois Press, South Side Weekly, Theater Oobleck, Soup & Bread. Essays @ marthabayne.substack.com.
@mashupmom.bsky.social
Librarian, writer, reader, mom, blogger... How do you sum up a person, in only so many characters? More later. :)
@ponytailup.bsky.social
Writer, outdoor cat, karaoke enthusiast. Travel newsletter: ponytailup.substack.com
@catnorden.bsky.social
Music, writing, raising children solo and therefore not doing the other two without a lot of guess what chicken butt.
@johannah.bsky.social
Multi-Genre, Midwest, GenX writer, who also is an office workin' careering, adjunct professor, avid papercrafter, boardgamer and mom. Find my work at --> thewritingtype.com
@gordondym.bsky.social
Writer. Digital marketer. Doctor Who fan. Tenants rights advocate. Marx Brothers wannabe. Troublemaker. He/him Link Tree - https://linktr.ee/gordondym
@raymondbenson.bsky.social
Thriller writer, 4th (& 1st American) author of James Bond novels, film historian/lecturer, musician/composer, former game designer & stage director
@writercarolhornung.bsky.social
LGBTQ mystery author, traveler, and hopeless lover of crystals, guinea pigs, and Boston Terriers. Home base, Madison, WI.
@dawnbonanno.bsky.social
⭐️ SFF Writer published in Nature, Daily Science Fiction, Fireside Fiction, Factor Four, Luna Station, Electric Spec; ⭐️ VP16(2012), Codexian, SFWA; ⭐️ Self-proclaimed chocoholic, mom of teens, proud cat mom ⭐️ www.dmbonanno.com
@saraharonson.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Bike Rider. My books include: Abzuglutely: Battling Bellowing Bella Abzug (2024), Brand New Bubbe (2022) and Just Like Rube Goldberg (2019)! Are you writing a book? Subscribe to my substack or work with me at Highlights!
@janicemdeal.bsky.social
Author of two novels and two short-story collections. My latest novel, "The Blue Door," published by @newdoorbooks.bsky.social, is available at your retailer of choice or here: https://www.newdoorbooks.net/the-blue-door
@ruthspiro.bsky.social
Author of 30+ award-winning and bestselling children’s books including How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up, Baby Loves Science, Made by Maxine, One Small Spark, and Love Grows. #STEM #kidlit #picturebooks #author https://ruthspiro.com/
@shsilver.bsky.social
@shiresteve.bsky.social
ShireSteve is a misfit amongst humanity. Generous, used to hard work, he maintains an empathy for others. A farmer, IT coder, student of history & politics, Wrapping experience into tales for others. He has written two novels plus several short stories.
@memoore6.bsky.social
Professor, Author of Chicago and the Making of American Modernism (Bloomsbury Academic, Historicizing Modernism Series), coeditor Refocus: The Films of John Waters and Refocus: The Films of Paul Schrader (EUP).
@cgerrib.bsky.social
Author, Strawberry Gold, out 12/16/24. Also write science fiction. https://privatemarsrocket.net/
@u2girl1966.bsky.social
Published short story writer...GenXer...GEAUX SAINTS ⚜️...Married...owned by 2 🐈...NOLA born & raised...Lives/works/writes in Rogers Park,Chicago. https://kimhayes.substack.com/
@slwisenberg.bsky.social
#writer #breastcancer #Chicago #cancerbitch #TexasJewishHistory @anotherchimag #cnf #fiction #WeimarRepublic #onebreastedfeminist author, THE ADVENTURES OF CANCER BITCH, THE WANDERING WOMB: ESSAYS IN SEARCH OF HOME, HOLOCAUST GIRLS, THE SWEETHEART IS IN
@annaluzcarvlin.bsky.social
Writing, or trying to write but more just taking care of the kiddos. Also reading, reading about writing, trying to finish a novel (both reading and writing one). T1D mom. Humbled daily. Unapologetically pro-abortion.
@alinarubinauthor.bsky.social
Author and book coach. Delighting historical fiction authors. Helping writers publish books of their dreams.
@victorianoe.bsky.social
She/her/hers Writer (friend grief and HIV/AIDS), speaker, activist. Taught by Loretto nuns, so don't @ me. Find me at victorianoe.com
@mablume.bsky.social
Writer. Sailor. History buff. Dream vacation: an island cut off from the mainland by a storm in the company of 12 strangers, in a mansion with three locked rooms and multiple secret passageways.
@thetoe1968.bsky.social
@susanbk.bsky.social
Author of BERNARDINE'S SHANGHAI SALON (Post Hill Press, 2023), WHEN FRIENDS COME FROM AFAR (University of Illinois Press, 2024), GOOD CHINESE WIFE (Sourcebooks, 2014) and co-editor of HONG KONG NOIR (Akashic Books, 2018). Book reviewer, too!
@neilsteinberg.bsky.social
News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press.
@samiraahmed.bsky.social
NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn. Next: The Singular Life of Aria Patel (5/13/25) Politics. Prose. Pastries.
@rebeccamakkai.bsky.social
Pulitzer finalist for THE GREAT BELIEVERS; new novel, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU, out now. Artistic Director at StoryStudio Chicago. Trying to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. You should, too. rebeccamakkai.substack.com https://rebeccamakkai.com
@realarnieb.bsky.social
🟦 Narrative nonfiction author. Writing teacher & coach. Speaker, talking head, raconteur. Voracious & ferocious reader. Movie maven. Runner. Long-suffering White Sox fan. Proud Jew. Proud Zionist. A Brothers Marxist. https://www.linktr.ee/arniebernstein ✡
@profitableauthor.bsky.social
Sharon Woodhouse, former indie book publisher, owner of Conspire Creative (conspirecreative.com/subscribe), and author of "The Profitable Author: 1,001 Ways to Build a Business You Love Around Your Books" (profitableauthorbook.com).