GREG HERRIGES
Courses Taught:
English 101
English 102
English 220: Creative Writing
Literature 115: Introduction to Fiction
The Beatles (Learning Communities: Literature
105 and English 102)
Background:
M.A., Northeastern Illinois University
B.A., Northeastern Illinois University
Interests:
Fiction Writing
Twentieth-Century American Literature
British Romantic Poetry
Publications:
Greg Herriges has published three novels:
Someplace Safe (St. Martin's/Avon),
Secondary Attachments (William
Morrow), and The Winter Dance Party
Murders (Wordcraft). His latest book
is nonfiction: JD: A Memoir of a Time
and a Journey (2006, Wordcraft). His
short works have appeared in The Chicago
Tribune Magazine, The Literary
Review, Story Quarterly, The
South Carolina Review, World
Wide Writers, and Popular Music
and Society. He has also written and
co-produced with Tom Knoff the documentary
films: Thomas E. Kennedy: The Copenhagen
Quartet, Player: A Rock and Roll
Dream (which won Gold at The Aurora
Awards in 2007), and TC Boyle: The Art
of the Story (which won Platinum, Best
of Show at the Aurora Awards in 2009).
