Author & Book Spotlights

Remembering Mary C. Darrah (1947–2026), author, historian, and alcoholism advocate whose research preserved the remarkable legacy of Sister Ignatia and her contributions to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Author and A.A. historian Jay Stinnett explores a lesser-known side of Bill Wilson in Bill W. Conscious Contact, drawing on the Stepping Stones archives to examine Bill’s lifelong spiritual search and the discoveries that emerged from the project.

Easy Does It… The Story of Mac is a rare 1950 recovery novel published under the pseudonym Hugh Reilly, telling the story of an alcoholic who finds recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous. With a Foreword by Dr. William D. Silkworth—and lingering questions about whether Silkworth may have been the true author—the book remains one of the most mysterious and important early AA-related works.

William H. Schaberg’s Writing the Big Book is one of the most important modern studies of early Alcoholics Anonymous history. Based on years of primary-source research, the book examines the creation of the Big Book from 1937 to 1939, revealing the people, conflicts, financing, editing, and archival details behind AA’s foundational text.