A Taste of the Literary Life

Danny Gregory, who left his post last month as creative chief at Doremus, still enjoys advertising—he continues to freelance. But he’s found a second calling as an author, with one book on the racks (Hello World: A Life in Ham Radio) and two due this fall (Filmstrip and Everyday Matters: A New York Diary).

Hello World (created with co-author/designer Paul Sahre) examines the culture of ham radio through the eyes—and ears—of longtime operator Jerry Powell, whom Gregory discovered through a binder of QSL cards (which document ham radio exchanges) that he found at a flea market.