The Chicago Review of Books listed Chicago authors with books for release in 2026. Dr. Christian and her current project, the biography It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy, was featured in the online edition on January 7, 2026. 

The historical corrective is available for preorder and released everywhere on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 

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Media contact
Tara Kennedy, Publicity Director
Grand Central Publishing and Da Capo
​Tara.Kennedy@hbgusa.com

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It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy has earned a stamp of approval from Ms. magazine! 

​The celebrated biography about Hitsville U.S.A.'s first woman to earn a multi-hyphenate in the role as both songwriter and producer in the Sixties while working simultaneously, consistently, and consecutively alongside all men is listed among The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026. 

When Ms. was launched as a “one-shot” sample insert in New York magazine in December 1971, few realized it would become the landmark institution in both women’s rights and American journalism that it is today. The founders of Ms., many of whom are now household names, helped to shape contemporary feminism, with Ms. editors and authors translating “a movement into a magazine.”

Ms. was the first U.S. magazine to feature prominent American women demanding the repeal of laws that criminalized abortion, the first to explain and advocate for the Equal Rights Amendment, to rate presidential candidates on women’s issues, to put domestic violence and sexual harassment on its cover, to commission and feature a national study on date rape and to blow the whistle on the undue influence of advertising on magazine journalism. In short, Ms. was the first national magazine to make feminist voices audible, feminist journalism tenable and a feminist worldview available to the public.

Read the complete list and learn about others who made the list. 

It's No Wonder is available for preorder and released everywhere on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 

Media contact
Tara Kennedy, Publicity Director
Grand Central Publishing and Da Capo
​Tara.Kennedy@hbgusa.com

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It's No Wonder is available for preorder and released everywhere on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 

Media contact
Tara Kennedy, Publicity Director
Grand Central Publishing and Da Capo
​Tara.Kennedy@hbgusa.com

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​It's No Wonder is available for preorder and released everywhere on Tuesday, February 10, 2026. 

Media contact
Tara Kennedy, Publicity Director
Grand Central Publishing and Da Capo
​Tara.Kennedy@hbgusa.com

The official release date for It's No Wonder: The Life and Times of Motown's Legendary Songwriter Sylvia Moy is Tuesday, February 10, 2026, but current preorders are already creating their own buzz! The biography about the female music pioneer is not only new, but it is newsworthy and noteworthy.

With a frequently updated sales status on Amazon, so far It's No Wonder has earned "#1 New Release" mentions in multiple categories such as the following: R&B and Soul, Music Reference, Soul Music, History of Race and Ethnicity, and Audible Audiobook.

If nothing else, the top distinctions clearly indicate the book's high visibility, signaling that it's trending and performing well on the world's largest online retailer. Early praise along with editorial reviews about the historical corrective have also been impressive, including one from Kirkus Reviews. 

Da Capo is an imprint of Grand Central, which is a Division of the Hachette Book Group.

Media contact for It's No Wonder 
Tara Kennedy, Publicity Director
Grand Central Publishing and Da Capo
​Tara.Kennedy@hbgusa.com

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