“Publication” Class Notes

Lydia Peelle (Grad ’06) has published her second book, The Midnight Cool (Harper, January 2017). The novel, set in Tennessee and Virginia in 1917, is about men who supplied mules to the Army for fighting in Europe in World War I—a lesser known aspect of the role of the American South in the war. Ms. Peelle hopes to bring these stories to light through her writing.

Leslie Atkins Elliott (Col ’98) has published Composing Science: A Facilitator’s Guide to Writing in the Science Classroom (Teachers College Press, 2016). A collaborative effort between three teachers, the book provides models for integrating writing into science courses and lesson plans and addresses the Common Core standards of education, as well as providing samples of student work and classroom transcripts. Ms. Atkins Elliott is an associate professor of curriculum, instruction and foundational studies at Boise State University and received her doctorate in physics from the University of Maryland.

David C. Winston (Res ’97), a forensic pathologist writing as A.L. Gomortis, has published an e-book, Crossing the Line (BookBaby, 2015), a murder mystery set in the Sonoran Desert. The book is available online from Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Sharon Pywell (Col ’72) is publishing her fourth novel this April with Flatiron Press.  The Romance Reader’s Guide to Life weaves the story of two sisters starting a successful cosmetics empire in the years directly after WWII with a real-live (fictionally alive) romance titled The Pirate Lover.

Robin Ward (Educ ’97) has published her fourth children’s counting book, Count on Villanova: Fun Facts From 1 to 12 (Mascot Books, 2016). Readers count from one to twelve while discerning even and odd numbers, exploring the passage of time through the twelve months and four seasons, and enjoying the beauty and history of Villanova’s campus. The book has a rhyming narrative and includes two coloring pages. Ms. Ward is planning her fifth book in the series: Count on UVA: Fun Facts From 1 to 12.

Andy Lazris (Res ’93), a primary care physician, has published Curing Medicare (Cornell University Press, 2016) to make the case that the excesses of the U.S. healthcare system are caused by Medicare and are harmful to the older generation, and to propose a solution.

Barbara J. Garrity-Blake (Grad ’88, ’91) will publish Living at the Water’s Edge (University of North Carolina Press, 2017) in April. The book is a heritage guide to the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway with four full-color maps as well as many color and black-and-white photographs. It shares the stories of people who have shaped their lives out of the region’s saltwater and sand, giving cultural dimension to the beach experience that many visitors never see. Ms. Garrity-Blake is a cultural anthropologist and lives in Gloucester, North Carolina.

Aaron J. Margosis (Col ’83, Engr ’88 L/M) co-authored his second book, Troubleshooting with the Windows Sysinternals Tools (Microsoft Press, 2016), with Microsoft Azure Chief Technology Officer Mark Russinovich. Mr. Margosis is a principal consultant with Microsoft Cybersecurity Services.

Deborah E. Sheetenhelm Hammond (Arch ’82 L/M) has released her 11th novel, Storm Chaser. The second book in the Storm series, Storm Chaser follows Inspector Hugh Flynn of Scotland Yard as he works undercover to solve the death of a duke’s brother and an earl’s son and to catch the man responsible. 

Alfred C. “Fred” Shackelford III (Col ’78, Law ’83 L/M) of Keswick, Virginia, has published his first novel, The Ticket (Black Opal Books, 2016). The story features Channing Booker, a compulsive gambler, drug abuser and philanderer whose marriage is failing, who finally gets lucky and wins the Mega Millions lottery. The plot unfolds as Booker attempts to hide the winning ticket from his soon-to-be ex-wife, who flees with all her possessions, including the rare book in which the ticket was hidden. Mr. Shackelford, an attorney with the National Legal Research Group, is the son of A. Colquitt Shackelford Jr. (Col ’51 L/M) and Mary L. Shackelford (Educ ’53 L/M), husband of Anne R. Shackelford (Educ ’82), father of Charles A. Shackelford (Engr ’09) and brother of Lilian Shackelford Murray (Com ’80 L/M) and Mary Shackelford Tise (Col ’76 L/M). 

Debbie Levy (Col ’78 L/M) has published her latest children’s picture book, I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (Simon & Schuster, 2016). The book tells the story of the Supreme Court justice’s  life through the lens of her many dissents; it shares the message that disagreeing doesn’t have to make you disagreeable and that important change happens one disagreement at a time. I Dissent has received an Orbis Pictus Honor award from the National Council of Teachers of English and a Eureka! Gold Award from the California Reading Association.

Alma J. Gottlieb (Grad ’78, ’83) has published a new book called A World of Babies: Imagined Childcare Guides for Eight Societies (Cambridge University Press, 2017) along with co-writer Judy DeLoache, who is professor emerita of psychology at the University. Ms. Gottlieb is professor emerita of anthropology and gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and co-founder of the Beng Community Fund, a nongovernmental organization that funds locally requested development projects in Côte d’Ivoire Beng villages.