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
Lee Fanning ’66, M.D.

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

Montgomery Bell
John P. Williams ’69

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

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

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

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

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

Health Care Civil Rights
Anna Kirkland ’95

The Boomerang
Robert Bailey ’96

Your Pain Has a Name
Monica DiCristina ’01

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

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.