Leaving Van Gogh, by Carol Wallace
In May of 1890, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) left the asylum in Saint-Remy and moved to Auvers-su-Oise outside of Paris to be closer to his brother, Theo, and to the physician Dr. Paul Gachet.

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Major Pettigrews Last Stand, by Helen Simonson
Helen Simonson was born in England and grew up in a small village in East Sussex. In Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, her first novel, she uses this background to advantage in creating the fictional village of Edgecombe St. Mary...

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Pacific Glory, by P.T. Deutermann
P.T. Deutermann was born of a Naval family, graduated from the Naval Academy, and spent 26 years as a naval officer earning 19 medals and decorations. Pacific Glory the third of his "Sea Stories"...

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha Mukherjee
This book won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the citation reading in part that the work was "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal, into the long history of an insidious disease...

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The Tigers Wife, by Tea Obreht
This debut novel is a marvel! The fact that the author is just 25 makes it even more stunning. The story is set in the war torn Balkans somewhere resembling Belgrade and surrounding villages. Natalia, the narrator, centers her story around her grandfather and their close relationship before he died.

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