North Stage
(On S. Dearborn St., just south of Ida B. Wells Dr.)
Saturday 9/12, 2pm

Neal Allen cowrote the 2026 New York Times Bestseller Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences with his wife, Anne Lamott. A former journalist and corporate executive, he wrote Better Days: Tame Your Inner Critic (2023) and Shapes of Truth: Discover God Inside You (2021). A coach and amateur gardener, he lives in Northern California.