A Scotsman in America! What is the Duff MacCallister series about? Written by American author William Wallace Johnstone, the MacCallister/The Eagles Legacy series takes us back to the end of the 19th century, in America. This western series is about a Scotsman-turned-cowboy named Duff MacCallister. He is a man who traveled far and worked hard…
What an FBI agent does in the 19th century? She solves old-timey crimes! What is the Kendra Donovan series about? Written by American writer Julie McElwain, the Kendra Donovan series is a mystery series mixed with time travel and historical adventures. A rising star at the FBI, Kendra Donovan is on the way to the…
A Cozy Feline Mystery Series! What is the Second Chance Cat Mystery Series about? Darlene Ryan loves cats. In fact, she wrote The Second Chance Cat Mystery series under the pen-name Sofie Ryan, but also The Magical Cats Mystery series under the pen-name Sofie Kelly. The Second Chance Cat Mystery series is about Sarah Grayson…
All of Colson Whitehead’s Books in Order! Who is Colson Whitehead? Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead is an American author mostly known for his fiction novels-but he also published non-fiction books, essays and short stories in The New Yorker. After graduating from Harvard University in 1991, he started working for The Village Voice. During that time,…
All of Delia Owens’s Books in Order! Who is Delia Owens? Delia Owens is a zoologist and author who grew up in Thomasville, in south Georgia in the 1950s. She studied biology at the University of Georgia and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Georgia and a Ph.D. in…
All of Jennifer A. Nielsen’s Books in Order! Who is Jennifer A. Nielsen? Jennifer Anne Nielsen is an American author known primarily for young adult fiction published by Scholastic. At first, she was interested in writing characters from adult romantic suspense, but she started to think about young adult and children’s fantasy characters, and that…
The crime fiction genre was nothing new when hard-boiled detective fiction emerged in the United States during the early 20th century. This subgenre has its roots in the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s. From there, it evolved into a popular-and now respectable-literary genre. But before going into more detail about the evolution of…
Grant Morrison is back on a regular DC Comics series, but not on Batman. What is Green Lantern by Grant Morrison about? As part of the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016, the regular Green Lantern series was canceled and replaced with “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps” and “Green Lanterns.” After that, Scottish writer…
It’s a magical world, ol’ buddy … Let’s go exploring! What is Calvin and Hobbes about? Written and illustrated by cartoonist Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes is a daily American comic strip that was syndicated from November 18, 1985 to December 31, 1995 telling us the story of a boy, Calvin, and his tiger named…
Two ordinary children are on a life-or-death mission in a world of terrible, man-eating demons, a mechanical rabbit, and a giant robot. What is Amulet about? Illustrated and written by Kazu Kibuishi, Amulet is an American graphic novel series. The story follows the adventures of Emily, a young girl who discovers a magical amulet in…
The last human male on Earth. By the Creator of Saga. What is Y The Last Man about? Y: The Last Man is a dystopian science fiction comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra and published under the DC Comics Vertigo imprint (who also published Hellblazer during a very long time). The…
Now a Netflix series. What is The October Faction about? Published by IDW, The October Faction is a horror series written by Steve Niles (Kick-Ass, 30 Days of Night) with art by Damien Worm (Dark Souls). The October Faction tells the adventures of retired monster-hunter Frederick Allan and his family, his wife Deloris, and their…
