Best of Boston
Best Writer
Celeste Ng
Even in a city as literary as Boston, Ng stands out. Her first book, Everything I Never Told You, was Amazon’s 2014 Book of the [...] read more»
1995 Best Writer, Fiction
Susan Power
The Grass Dancer was Power's lyrical 1994 debut; it didn't take long for this young Cambridge writer to get noticed (George Plimpton has already bestowed [...] read more»
1995 Best Writer, Freelance, Nightmare
Maria Karagianis
Maria Karagianis did a nice job on a story for the Globe about an orphan who was admitted to Harvard. Then there was that thing [...] read more»
1989 Best Writer
Fidelity’s Peter Lynch, managed of the Magellan Fund, spilled his secrets in <em>One Up on Wall Street</em>.
His argument that a little guy can pick stocks successfully simply by being observant is controversial. But someone who can write that he regrets letting [...] read more»
1988 Best Writer, Sports
Steve Bulpett, <em>Boston Herald</em>
This rising star now writes the Best basketball-game stories in town, especially since Bob Ryan obviously has loftier aspirations than merely keeping his eye on [...] read more»
1988 Best Writer, Political, Campaign
John Aloysius Farrell, <em>Boston Globe</em>
Despite the pompous triple-barreled byline (does anybody at the Globe not have a middle name?), Farrell has written some of the smartest, sharpest, and most [...] read more»
1988 Best Writer, Political, Local
Jonathan Wells, <em>Boston Herald</em>
Thrown into the State House breech created by the defection to the Globe of the semilegendary Frank Phillips last year, Wells regularly whacks the veteran [...] read more»
1979 Best Writer, Fiction, New
John Sayles
His collection of short stories reads like reality. read more»