Authors, Speakers, & Community Partners
Read & Run Chicago’s running events often include the books’ authors, lecturers, or other experts.
Meet the authors, experts, and lecturers that have made appearances during Read & Run Chicago events
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Layne Fargo
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John D'Emilio
Author, Researcher, Historian
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Martha Bayne
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Abbot Kahlor
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Dawn Turner
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Jennifer Billock
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Jessica Mlinaric
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Daniel Kay Hertz
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John Balaban
Environmental Restoration Expert, Nature Educator
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Rebecca Blazer
Environmental Education
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Bonnie Tawse + Erin Faulkner
Nature Educators, Land Steward
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Liz Garribay
Historian, Founder of Chicago Brewseum
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Elsa Haarstad
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Erica Ruggiero
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Phil Nicodemus
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Maggie Jones
Conservation Programs Manager at Friends of the Chicago River
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Lindsay Welbers
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Mejay Gula
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Deena Kastor
Author and American Record Holder
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Jen Dentel
Independent Researcher, Gerber/Hart social Media Manager, and Co-Creator of the Podcast Unboxing Queer History
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Carey Pinkowski
Executive Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon
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Dr. Michele Kerulis
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Emily O'Keefe
Historian, Publisher, Guide
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Rachel Weber
Author, Researcher, Professor
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Scott Smith
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Adam Selzer
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Michael Zapata
Author
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David Jay Collins
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Greg Borzo
Author
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Claire Lombardo
Author
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Dan Duster
Great-Grandson of Ida B. Wells
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Franklin Cosey-Gay
Director of the Violence Recovery Program, Urban Health Initiative, University of Chicago Medicine.
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Peter Cole
Professor of history at Western Illinois University
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Naomi Hirahara
Author
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Claire Hartfield
Author
Authors who have kindly answered questions and generously contributed expertise with our guides
We’ve Partnered With
Chicago Brewseum | Forest Preserves of Cook County | Illinois Environmental Council Young Professionals Board | Gerber/Hart Library and Archives | Open Books Ltd | Graceland Cemetery | The LYD Foundation | The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project | Arc’Teryx Chicago |
Other Organizations We Love and Support
Rose Cafe Chicago | Chicago for Chicagoans | Out Our Front Door | Friends of the Chicago River | Urban Rivers | My Block, My Hood, My City | 826CHI & the Wicker Park Secret Agent Supply Co. | Tender House Project | Chicago Public Libraries | Belt Publishing | RunStreet | Brick of Chicago | Dare2Tri |
Other Local Businesses We Endorse
Peach’s Restaurant | Lexington Betty’s Smokehouse | Cafe Jumping Bean | Jennivee’s Bakery | Lady Gregory’s | Pudgy’s Pizza | Top Notch Beef Burgers | Vito & Nick’s | Maria’s | Edge Athlete Lounge | Fleet Feet | Last Lap Corner Store | Time Out Market Chicago