Thomas Frisbie

Among the longtime Chicago writer’s best-known works were ‘And You Give Me a Pain, Elaine,’ ‘And a Smart Kid Like You,’ ‘Would My Fortune Cookie Lie’ and ‘Cute is a Four Letter Word.’

Writer had ‘a crafty, mesmerizing style, a melange of the mundane and the magical.’

He was an author at the forefront of a movement in which America claimed its identity through its ethnic writers.

Her Fiery Clock Face bookstore in Andersonville was a gathering spot for bibliophiles and her annual New Year’s Eve party was an ‘A-list’ event.

In 2002, Mr. Ryan passed up a possible third term as attorney general and ran for governor, losing to Democrat Rod Blagojevich.

Power helped found the American Indian Center in Chicago.

Information he unearthed helped free innocent men in the 1983 killing of the 10-year-old Naperville girl. “I know there are at least three innocent men who owe their freedom and reputations to Randy,” attorney Gary Johnson said.

Much of his art, often completed at his studio in Antioch, was inspired by trips to ancient and natural sites in the United States and Canada.

Writer believed that without knowing history, people can have no perspective on on life today.

Author was jailed six times in Iraq and his novels were banned there for years.