All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
- Jack Kerouac.

Welcome to the Writing website of Geralyn Hesslau Magrady
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​Geralyn Hesslau Magrady is a poet, essayist, and novelist .  A Chicago native who specializes in local history, Geralyn won the “Soon to be Famous Illinois Author” contest for her 2015 novel Lines, which is set amid the Great Chicago Fire.  Maintaining her ties to the city, Geralyn sets her recent novella, When Walls Talk, in Chicago’s Little Italy. Her poetry and essays have been published in literary anthologies, including The Write City Review and Writer Shed Stories. 

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