Authors & Editors

Rhonda Amoroso, B.A.’82, recently published her début novel, Orange Glow Stampers, a story of a timeless tale of friendship, family, and fulfillment. www.rhondakamoroso.com.

Boston Trusts and Estates Consortium President Caroline Brooks, B.A.’09, is a contributing author of Tools and Techniques of Estate Planning. Her article, “A New Special Needs Planning Approach Under the Tax Overhaul,” was recently published on several websites, including Financial Planning and On Wall Street. 

Phil Brown, M.A.’96, is the author of the Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK) guidebook Adirondack Paddling: 65 Great Flatwater Adventures. The book describes paddling day trips throughout the Adirondack Park, including on new state lands acquired since the first edition was published in 2012. Brown retired in 2018 after 19 years as editor of the Adirondack Explorer magazine. 

Kimberly Lamay Licursi, M.A.’04, Ph.D.’13, is the author of Remembering World War I in America, published by the University of Nebraska Press.

Under the pen name Calvin J. Boal, Robert K. Nearing, B.A.’82, is the author of four historical/fiction books: Last Run of the Whisperer; St. George’s Cross and the Siege of Fort Pitt; Valiant Warrior, Knight of the Third Crusade; and The Spaniard.

Andrew Ochadlick Jr., M.S.’77, Ph.D.’80, is the author of Twins Paradox RIP: Time Dilation for Travel to the Stars. Ochadlick demystifies the Twins Paradox using a basic property of spacetime and discusses time dilation for future journeys to the stars. www.ochadlickphysics.com

Manuel Ossers, Ph.D.’87, is the author of Escritoras hispanoamericanas: Ensayos críticos, published by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic in April. The book features Ossers’ journal articles and conference papers on the works of Latin-American women writers. 

Mark Reinfeld, B.A.’89, an award-winning vegan chef, recently released The Ultimate Age Defying Plan, a comprehensive road map to staying vital and living a long life using plant-based cuisine and simple daily self-care rituals. www.veganfusion.com

John Teevan III, B.A.’12, M.A.’12, C.G.S.’14, M.S.’14, is the author of Secret Weapon and Last Hope, a political drama. He also published The Traveler’s Sketchbook, a collection of his favorite drawings from around the world.

Paul Turner, B.A.’78, compiled a memoir for an 80-year-old stonemason. It was published through Barnes and Noble Press for private circulation. 

John Sibley Williams, B.A.’02, won the 2018 Orison Poetry Prize for As One Fire Consumes Another, released in April 2019. He is the author of prize-winning poetry collections Skin Memory, Disinheritance, and Controlled Hallucinations, and is the editor of The Inflectionist Review and Northwest poetry anthologies Alive at the Center and Motionless from the Iron Bridge. He lives in Portland, Ore. 

Alan Zaremba, B.A.’71, M.S.’72, is the author of Sports Communication: Theory, Dimensions, Applications, and Culture, published by Kendall Hunt in April 2019.