Alumni Authors Summer Bookshelf

July 9, 2025

Get ready to add some new titles to your reading list! We're shining a spotlight on the incredible literary accomplishments of our alumni authors. From debut novelists making waves to seasoned writers with multiple bestsellers, their words are reaching readers far and wide.

Microbial Mysteries: A Rocky Road  (FriesenPress, 2024) By Lee Fanning '66

Microbial Mysteries: A Rocky Road
Lee Fanning ’66, M.D.

Cover of the book How To Be Successful In Life by E. W. “Buck” Lawrimore ’66

How To Be Successful In Life
E. W. “Buck” Lawrimore ’66

Book cover of Montgomery Bell: Tennessee Frontier Capitalist by John P. Williams ’69

Montgomery Bell
John P. Williams ’69

Cover of the book Angelina’s Shake-a-Stick!: A Grandfather’s Immersion Into Autism in America

Angelina’s Shake-a-Stick!
John Bryan ’71

Cover of a Book by John A. Porter ’72 

Selections from the Songs of the Greek People
John A. Porter ’72 

Cover of the book Transportaling: Adventures in a (Nearly) Parallel Universe

Transportaling: Adventures in a (Nearly) Parallel Universe
Robert Milks ’75

Book cover of Joey Kelly and the Astonishing Discovery of Veiled Lake by Robert Rovegno '76

Joey Kelly and the Astonishing Discovery of Veiled Lake
Robert Rovegno ’76

Book cover The Shoulder Season:  A Memoir  of Fracture  and Grace

The Shoulder Season: A Memoir of Fracture and Grace
Ann Campanella ’82

 

Cover of Health Care Civil Rights by Anna Kirkland ’95 

Health Care Civil Rights
Anna Kirkland ’95 

Book cover of The Boomerang by Robert Bailey ’96

The Boomerang
Robert Bailey ’96

Cover of the book Your Pain  Has a Name by Monica DiCristina ’01

Your Pain  Has a Name
Monica DiCristina ’01

Cover of the book Squeak Chatter Bark: An Eco-Mystery by Ali Fitgerald '04

Squeak Chatter Bark: An Eco-Mystery
Ali Fitgerald '04 

Book Cover of The Contest Over National Security by Peter Roady ’06 

The Contest Over National Security
Peter Roady ’06 

This article was originally published in the Spring/Summer 2025 print issue of the Davidson Journal Magazine; for more, please see the Davidson Journal section of our website.