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Shelby Van Pelt wrote the octopus book ‘Bright Creatures,’ and it keeps pulling her back
- Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune
- May 5, 2026
- May 5, 2026
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Foreign language copies of the book "Remarkably Bright Creatures" are on display along with renderings of octopuses in the home office of its author, Shelby Van Pelt, in Wheaton, Illinois, on April 23, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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The author Shelby Van Pelt is photographed in her home office in Wheaton, Illinois, on April 23, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS)
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Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune
CHICAGO — Shelby Van Pelt lives in Wheaton on an unassuming street, the sort without a gate at the entrance, or fleets of Teslas charging in the driveways, or gaggles of dads jogging in packs. Her neighbors are elderly. Her subdivision was built largely in the 1960s and has not changed much since then. The driveways are fairly short, and at the top of hers, the garage door hangs open. A children’s game is spread across the lawn. Nothing about this neighborhood screams blockbuster. You probably don’t even recognize her name.
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