What's going on with Richard Engling?

See Richard at the Printers Row Lit Fest!

See Richard Sunday, Sept. 8 at the Printers Row Lit Fest to sample his collected works! He'll be greeting readers and selling books in the Midland Authors booth from 10am to noon and then in the Chicago Writers Association booth from 2pm to 6pm. Click here to learn all about the Fest.


ROMEO AND JULIET KEEP THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE now on sale!

Romeo and Juliet Keep Their Eyes on the Prize continues the saga of Dwayne Finnegan on the Chicago storefront theatre scene. The Evanston Round Table calls it "comic gold." Read more about it and find where to buy it online. The print edition is available by request at your favorite bookseller. ISBN 978-09776610-9-1, trade paper, $17.95, 248 pages. It is available in print and ebook and an audiobook is in the works.


GIVE MY REGARDS TO NOWHERE wins rave reviews!

Give My Regards to Nowhere is a comedic novel set in the Chicago theatre scene. It's getting great reviews and the people love it! Read about it at Polarity Ensemble Books. The print edition is available by request at your favorite bookseller. ISBN 978-0-9776610-7-7, trade paper, $16.95, 282 pages. It is available in print, audiobook, and ebook at these online retailers.


Body Mortgage is back

A revised edition of my dystopian detective thriller Body Mortgage is available. It was originally published by Penguin Books USA under the Onyx imprint and by Headline House in the UK. Available in Kindle or paperback.


Visions of Anna continues to win fans!

Chicago's NewCity Lit called Visions of Anna "transcendent...charmed" Find out more!


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"Richard Engling knows Chicago's famously chaotic and glorious storefront theater scene like the back of his hand. It's the perfect setting for absurd comic hi-jinx."
– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, author of Rise Up! and Bigger, Brighter, Louder

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