For interview requests and event bookings please contact:

Gilbert E. "Bud" Schill (Mid-Atlantic area)

John W. "Mac" MacIlroy (South)

Robert D. "Rob" Hamilton III (Northeast)

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March 17, 2023: With a salute to the great work Jon Rawl is doing over at "Y'all" for the Southern writer, we invite you to read "The Painting," lead story in MacIlroy's award-winning collection "Whatever Happens, Probably Will: Stories" at https://yall.com/featured/the-painting.


2021 CONTEST WINNERS - 14 September 2021:
The Amy Munnell Award for Character Essays
1st Place:. Three Buses – John MacIlroy

The Lowcountry Award for Excellence in Southern Writing
3rd Place: The Man Inside $50 – John MacIlroy

Synopsis of Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and Other Stories for Media and Book Clubs

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Reviews and interviews:
March 5, 2019,

In this episode, we meet Bud Schill, co-author of Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and other Stories. The late Pat Conroy said it is a “great book about friendship, growing up in the fifties, and a lost America that will never come again.”

Bud reads several stories about “boys being boys” in the era of his youth. He describes the period in the lead story this way: “As a kid in the 1950s, I always figured the first person on the moon would be Alice Kramden.  Her TV husband, Ralph (Jackie Gleason), began threatening to send her there in 1956. Of course, he never did.  But 13 years later, on the day my first child was born, July 20, 1969, the United States put a man up there.  A lot of stuff happened in between.”

 Listen to Podcast

August 14, 2018, Christian chats with John MacIlroy, who is one of the authors of the book "Not Exactly Rocket Scientists (and Other Stories)" about growing up in suburban New Jersey in the 50's and 60's. interview

July 10, 2018, Listen to the interview with KateD. What a treat to speak with Bud Schill. Not Exactly Rocket Scientists takes you on a wild ride through three boys lives who become very interesting men. interview

June 20, 2018 - Listen to interview with Rick Title on Sports Byline USA on Wednesday June 20th 2018

August 15, 2017, PRWEB, Gilbert “Bud” Schill, John “Mac” MacIlroy & Rob Hamilton’s Book “Not Exactly Rocket Scientists” is a Collection of “Mostly” True Stories Celebrating Life’s Small Moments