Pittsburgh is home to an incredible range of authors, publishing professionals, literary event organizers and opinion leaders.
Our city nurtures well-known and emerging literary talent and is the inspiration for many works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. In addition to the authors you may recognize, Littsburgh’s evolving literary roster features some of the passionate people who work behind the scenes to find local and national audiences for this work, and who help make Pittsburgh a haven for writers and readers.
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Bill O’Driscoll
Biography
Bill has been arts & entertainment editor at the newsweekly Pittsburgh City Paper since 2003. He reviews books, interviews authors, and also assigns and edits features and reviews. In 2015, his environmental column, “Green Light,” was named best column in a non-daily newspaper by the Press Club of Western Pennsylvania. CP‘s book coverage is locally focused, emphasizing local or visiting authors, and a concentration on nonfiction, poetry, literary fiction and comics/graphic novels. Reach him at driscoll@pghcitypaper.com or 412-316-3342, x178.