For 15 years, Peoria went ‘eye to eye with any basketball town in America,’ says Chicago-area author About 35 years have passed since the beginning of the greatest era of
A Q&A with Peoria lawyer and children’s book author Alexus McNally Peoria Magazine (PM): First off, tell us about your background. Alexus McNally (AM): I am a first/second generation —
Local author comes out with ‘my little pandemic book,’ the second installment of his Unremembered series. Ken Zurski has always found history to his liking. His first book, The Wreck
Illustrated book helps children—and adults, too—cope with grief. Everyone experiences grief. It can bring overwhelming physical and emotional suffering. While mental health professionals say this is a natural response to
A Q&A with author Molly Crusen Bishop
Local librarian explores the dark side in her literary journeys
Local book signing event connects authors, readers and survivors
Peoria native Rick Telander turns ‘fever dream’ into “Sweet Dreams’”
Peoria Magazine (PM): Your timing could hardly have been better for the publication of “The House That Madigan Built,” coinciding as it did with the indictment of the former
Sometimes, environmental progress is just a matter of forgiveness. That’s one of the messages of “In The Spirit of Wetlands,” a book by Clare Howard and David Zalaznik of Peoria,
In May 1996, Julie Williams and Lollie Winans were brutally murdered while backpacking in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park, adjacent to the world-famous Appalachian Trail.
