Chris Hewitt
Critic / Editor
BooksArmed with a degree in the lucrative field of history, Chris has written for publications that vary from a small-town newspaper to a city magazine to national sites. He's probably reading a good book right this minute.
Latest from Chris Hewitt
A female painter breaks the rules in Nell Stevens' 'The Original'
"Briefly, a Delicious Life" author Nell Stevens examines a 19th century art forger who grapples with her relationships to her family, old and new, in "The Original."
June 24, 2025
Our books editor has the tea on how we choose what to review
Louise Erdrich and Kate DiCamillo are easy calls, but how does the Minnesota Star Tribune books editor choose between the 3 million books published each year?
June 23, 2025
5 books we can’t wait to read in July
A pair of Minnesota writers and a book that may be more helpful than aspirin are on the way to a bookshelf near you.
June 23, 2025
Review: ‘Lunch Therapy’ podcaster Adam Roberts’ comic novel is about a ‘Food Person’
Fiction: She gets a job ghostwriting a star’s cookbook and things go south from there.
June 19, 2025
St. Paul writer Christopher Tradowsky talks about his witty, sexy new novel
Local fiction: “Midnight at the Cinema Palace” is set in the ’90s in San Francisco — when the author lived there, too.
June 18, 2025
Star Tribune publisher's memoir is 'How I Found Myself in the Midwest'
Steve Grove writes about returning home, growing a family, finding kinship, helping Minnesota weather the COVID pandemic and reinvention.
June 15, 2025
Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo will be at August screening of ‘Because of Winn-Dixie,’ based on her book
She’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of her debut novel at the Riverview Theater.
June 11, 2025
Ever wonder why the Northwest produces so many serial killers?
Nonfiction: New book from Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser offers chilling theories.
June 5, 2025
St. Paul writer Christopher Tradowsky talks about his witty, sexy new novel
Local fiction: “Midnight at the Cinema Palace” is set in the ’90s in San Francisco — when the author lived there, too.
June 18, 2025
Star Tribune publisher's memoir is 'How I Found Myself in the Midwest'
Steve Grove writes about returning home, growing a family, finding kinship, helping Minnesota weather the COVID pandemic and reinvention.
June 15, 2025
Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo will be at August screening of ‘Because of Winn-Dixie,’ based on her book
She’ll celebrate the 25th anniversary of her debut novel at the Riverview Theater.
June 11, 2025
Ever wonder why the Northwest produces so many serial killers?
Nonfiction: New book from Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Fraser offers chilling theories.
June 5, 2025