page_title: Charles J. Shields
hierarchical_section_title: Charles J. Shields
caption_attribution_description: English: photograph by Michael Bailey
context_page_description: Charles J. Shields is an American biographer of mid-century American novelists and writers.
  Raised in a Chicago suburb, Shields attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, graduating with degrees in English and American history.
context_section_description: Charles J. Shields (born December 2, 1951) is an American biographer of mid-century American novelists and writers.
  Raised in a Chicago suburb, Shields attended the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, graduating with degrees in English (1974) and American history (1979).
caption: photograph by Michael Bailey
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