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Alumni Books of 2024

30 Aggie authors published new books this year.

Collage of book covers from 2024

From sports and history to mystery and comics, this year featured books for everyone. Our annual roundup features even more Aggie authors than ever before and could keep readers busy for the better part of next year.

Check out 新澳门六合彩内幕信息 Davis Magazine鈥檚 full list for 2024.

FICTION

David Starkey 鈥84 imagines a scenario in which a jet carrying members of a famous rock band plunges into the backyard of a retired insurance salesman who is mourning his wife鈥檚 death from COVID in Poor Ghost (Keylight Books, 2024)

Jason Warburg 鈥84 self-published the third novel in his Tim Green series, as the protagonist searches his family history and discovers his grandfather was a Holocaust survivor in Home Was a Dream (2024).

Mike Maden, M.A. 鈥85, Ph.D. 鈥90, carries on the torch for acclaimed author Clive Cussler, who died in 2020, by writing under his name for Clive Cussler Ghost Soldier (G.P. Putnam鈥檚 Sons, 2024).

Mark Wisniewski, M.A. 鈥91, writes a noir mystery for his latest book, Necessary Deeds (Regal House Publishing, 2024).

Deborah Harkness, Ph.D. 鈥94, releases the fifth book in her All Souls Series: The Black Bird Oracle (Ballantine Books, 2024). The sixth book, The Serpent鈥檚 Mirror, is expected next year.

Joseph Reid, M.S. 鈥97, writing as Parker Adams, tells the story of a safecracker forced to be a part of a dangerous heist in The Lock Box (Crooked Lane Books, 2024).

Molly Ringle, M.A. 鈥03, offers book two in her Eidolonia fantasy story, Ballad for Jasmine Town (Central Avenue, 2024), with a secret romance between fae and human. 

Sadie Hoagland, M.A. 鈥09, tells a story of finding yourself through protagonist Sky who is assaulted at work the same week that her mother goes missing in Circle of Animals (Red Hen Press, 2024).

Lauren Kate, M.A. 鈥09, imagines what could happen if you could go back and protagonist Liv relives prom night in What鈥檚 in a Kiss? (G.P. Putnam鈥檚 Sons, 2024).

Rachel Stark, M.A. 鈥19, presents her debut novel, Perris, CA (Penguin Press, 2024), about a female character鈥檚 journey from trauma to healing in a mostly unseen part of America.

POETRY

Jeanne C. DeFazio 鈥73 collects poems by Terry McDermott for Letting Go (Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2024), addressing post-abortion grief.

Eric Paul Shaffer, Ph.D. 鈥91, marks the recent publication of Green Leaves: Selected & New Poems (Coyote Arts Press, 2024), his eighth book of poetry. Shaffer鈥檚 book, A Million-Dollar Bill, once out of print, was reissued in 2024 by Coyote Arts.

Seth Arnopole 鈥98 self-published It Could Always Be Verse (2024), 鈥渇rom the serious to the silly and everywhere in between.鈥

Gabrielle Myers, M.A. 鈥08, publishes her third book of poetry, Break Self: Feed (Finishing Line Press, 2024).

NONFICTION

Don Peri 鈥72, with co-author Pete Docter of Pixar, shines a spotlight on the history of animation and directors of the past for Directing at Disney (Disney Editions, 2024).

Matthew Kennedy, M.A. '92, has published his fifth book on film history, On Elizabeth Taylor: An Opinionated Guide (Oxford University Press, 2024), a film-by-film critique and appreciation of her entire career.

Patrick Moser, Ph.D. 鈥97, follows up his previous book about Hawaiian surf culture with a look at cultural appropriation in Waik墨k墨 Dreams: How California Appropriated Hawaiian Beach Culture (University of Illinois Press,2024).

Brandon Bennett 鈥01, with co-authors Alicia Grunow and Sandra Park, offers a roadmap for teams to experience systems change in education, health care and social welfare in Journey to Improvement (Rowman & Littlefield, 2024).

J. Chris Westgate, Ph.D. 鈥05, explores the history of the Bowery Boy, a raucous, white, urban character in theater between 1848 and 1913 in Rowdy Carousals (University of Iowa Press).

Aaron Fischman 鈥11 centers his debut work, A Baseball Gaijin: Chasing a Dream to Japan and Back (Sports Publishing, 2024), on pitcher Tony Barnette.

Gina Caison, Ph.D. 鈥12, traces how American authors and photographers have grappled with soil loss, ultimately revealing legacies of settler colonialism, in Erosion: American Environments and the Anxiety of Disappearance (Duke University Press, 2024). 

Arielle Johnson, Ph.D. 鈥14, has put together a guide to the science of flavor and how to use it in the kitchen in Flavorama (Harper Collins, 2024).

MEMOIR

Josh Fernandez 鈥04 offers an encompassing memoir in The Hands That Crafted the Bomb: The Making of a Lifelong Antifascist (PM Press, 2024).

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Erin Dealey 鈥70, Cred. 鈥72, writes about flowers and friendship in her latest work about two neighbors who are 鈥渂otanically inclined,鈥 Just Flowers (Sleeping Bear Press, 2024).

Elana K. Arnold, M.A. 鈥98, spins a modern fairy tale for her latest picture book, The Fish of Small Wishes (Roaring Brook Press, 2024), in which Kiki saves a fish and in return is granted a wish.

Cheryl Kim 鈥03, M.A. 鈥05, offers a picture book to tell the story of basketball hero Wataru Misaka, a Japanese American who was the first non-white player in the NBA, in Wat Takes His Shot (Lee & Low Books, 2024).

Hannah Holzer 鈥20 teaches children how to be journalists in Time for Kids: Kid Reporter Field Guide (Penguin Young Readers, 2024).

Shamanique Bodie-Williams, M.B.A. 鈥26, explores how kids can talk about respecting animal habitat in the children鈥檚 book, Esther and the Three Bahamian Crabs (The Bahamas Wellness Center, 2024). 

YOUNG ADULT

Stacey Lee, J.D. 鈥96, sets the murder mystery noir Kill Her Twice (G.P. Putnam鈥檚 Sons Books for Young Readers, 2024) in 1930s Los Angeles Chinatown.

COMICS

Mike Chen 鈥00 celebrates the 30th anniversary of a TV favorite with an exclusive 鈥渓ost episode鈥 comic, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 鈥 The Dog of War (IDW Publishing, 2024). His latest novel, A Quantum Love Story (Mira, 2024), tells a sci-fi romance.

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