G.B. Hill writes memoir and fiction about loss, faith, and resilience, rooted in Chicago’s South Side and the Arizona desert. Read the books, then go deeper with Beyond the Story with G.B. Hill, companion audio series where Part 1 is always free.
One unforgettable summer. One scrappy South Side team. One chance to play for a championship at Comiskey Park, and a game that will change their lives forever.
G.B. Hill grew up on the South Side of Chicago and now calls central Arizona home. Years of kidney failure, dialysis, and waiting for a transplant shaped the stories he tells about ordinary people facing extraordinary moments.
I don’t write stories because I have all the answers. I write about ordinary people facing extraordinary moments because those are the stories that shaped my own life, and because even in our hardest moments there is still room for hope, laughter, grace, and unexpected strength. If these stories help even one person feel a little less alone, they’ve done exactly what they were meant to do.
For a moment after someone hands you a gift, you hold it without opening it. Already, it has told you something: someone was thinking of you while you were elsewhere. They remembered a conversation, noticed what you needed, or saw something they thought you would love.
