Neal Samors

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Neal Samors has authored or co-authored nine books about Chicago's neighborhoods and eras. His book "The Old Chicago Neighborhood: Remembering Chicago in the 1940s" won the 2003 Independent Publisher Book Award in history and his book "Chicago in the Sixties: Remembering a Time of Change won the 2007 Independent Publisher Book first place award in history. His current book is "Downtown Chicago in Transition" which he co-authored with Eric Bronsky. He will be co-authoring and/or publishing three new books during 2008. Dr. Samors publishes books through his company, Chicago's Books Press, an imprint of Chicago's Neighborhoods, Inc. He has a PhD and MALS from Northwestern University, an MA from Northern Illinois University and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.