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
Minneapolis writer Jack El-Hai tackles the story of Mayo’s first face transplant
Local nonfiction: The surgery makes for astonishing reading in “Face in the Mirror.”
May 11, 2025
Review: Meet the woman who saved countless art masterpieces from the Nazis
Nonfiction: An absorbing account of the work of Rose Valland, the curator who became “The Art Spy.”
May 10, 2025
Review: Neanderthals did it, Lizzie Borden (maybe) did it. A new history of the ‘Whack Job.’
Nonfiction: From prehistoric times to surprisingly recently, the axe has been an oft-used murder weapon.
May 7, 2025
Review: Bestselling novelist Kevin Wilson writes about siblings who’ve never met in new book
Fiction: “Run for the Hills” takes brothers and sisters on a madcap road trip.
May 6, 2025
Bestselling authors Wally Lamb and Laila Lalami lead Pen Pals roster
Kaveh Akbar, Ariel Lawhon and Imani Perry also are coming to Hopkins for the popular Hennepin County Library series.
May 6, 2025
Review: Read about a nice London apartment, except for the bodies in the walls, in ‘The Peepshow’
Nonfiction: Kate Summerscale’s book about John Christie’s 1950s murders makes sense of bizarre behavior.
April 30, 2025
Review: Alternate names lead to very different lives for characters in insightful ‘The Names’
Fiction: Florence Knapp’s debut novel opens with a woman deciding what to name her newborn son.
April 29, 2025
Review: In Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Orris and Timble,’ an owl and a rat are pals
Local fiction: “Lost and Found” is a sequel to “Orris and Timble: The Beginning.”
April 23, 2025
Bestselling authors Wally Lamb and Laila Lalami lead Pen Pals roster
Kaveh Akbar, Ariel Lawhon and Imani Perry also are coming to Hopkins for the popular Hennepin County Library series.
May 6, 2025
Review: Read about a nice London apartment, except for the bodies in the walls, in ‘The Peepshow’
Nonfiction: Kate Summerscale’s book about John Christie’s 1950s murders makes sense of bizarre behavior.
April 30, 2025
Review: Alternate names lead to very different lives for characters in insightful ‘The Names’
Fiction: Florence Knapp’s debut novel opens with a woman deciding what to name her newborn son.
April 29, 2025
Review: In Minneapolis writer Kate DiCamillo’s ‘Orris and Timble,’ an owl and a rat are pals
Local fiction: “Lost and Found” is a sequel to “Orris and Timble: The Beginning.”
April 23, 2025