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Back to SearchSteve Bertrand on Books: Charles Finch and Sophie Vershbow
Why is it we’re so drawn to Victorian novels? Charles Finch has some ideas. He’s the author behind the Charles Lenox detective series. His novel The…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Steve Bertrand on Books: Brad Meltzer and Adithi Ramakrishnan
In this episode of Steve Bertrand on Books, Steve talks with author Brad Meltzer. Brad has succeeded in every type of writing he’s explored, includi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Steve Bertrand’s 2015 visit with Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro
British writer Kazuo Ishiguro has been named the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2015, he spoke with WGN Radio’s Steve Bertrand abo…
8 years, 9 months ago
Bertrand On Books | Alan Furst, A Hero of France
The New York Times has called Alan Furst “America’s preeminent spy novelist.” His new book, A Hero of France, about the French Resistance, is the fi…
10 years ago
Bertrand On Books | Stephen Coss ‘The Fever of 1721’
Let’s go back to Boston in 1721. Historian Stephen Coss says it was one of the most influential years in U.S. history. And why not: We meet a young …
10 years, 2 months ago
Bertrand on Books | Anna Quindlen ‘Miller’s Valley’
Anna Quindlen has been telling us what we’re thinking, or maybe how we’re thinking, for decades. First as a columnist for Newsweek and the New York…
10 years, 2 months ago
Bertrand On Books | Adam Grant ‘Originals: How Non-conformists Move the World’
How many bad ideas have you had today? Wharton School of Business professor Adam Grant says the more the merrier, or original anyway. In his book Or…
10 years, 2 months ago
Bertrand On Books | Chris Pavone ‘The Travelers’
Chris Pavone is not your run of the mill espionage writer. Think of it this this way: Pavone writes and about real and compelling people who happen …
10 years, 3 months ago
Bertrand On Books | Todd Rose ‘The End of Average’
Did you know the idea of an average person was unheard of until the 19th century? Today, we measure ourselves against the average: the average ACT …
10 years, 4 months ago
Novelist Melanie Benjamin
Let’s do lunch with the 1960s socialites of New York City. Truman Capote will be there, so will Baby Paley. Novelist Melanie Benjamin writes about t…
10 years, 4 months ago