Lyle Simpson‘s masterpiece, “Fully Human/ Fully Alive,” was featured in the April 27th issue of The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR) Magazine of 2025.
The New York Times Book Review (NYTBR), a weekly paper magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of The New York Times (an American daily newspaper with a global audience estimated at 6 million paid digital subscribers in 2020), reviews current fiction and non-fiction books. It is among the most renowned and important book reviews in the industry.
Lyle Simpson is the chair of the Humanist Foundation and the former president of the American Humanist Association. He is a retired attorney at law, specializing in business development and estate planning at Simpson, Jensen, Abels, Fischer Bouslog, P.C.
He was born in Des Moines, Iowa, graduated from East High School received his B.A. in psychology and philosophy from Drake University. He served two years as Assistant to the Dean of Students at Drake, while he graduated with an L.L.B. and J.D. from Drake University Law School.
This thought-provoking narrative was commended by Haley Koth of the US Review of Books, to wit “The author then encourages the reader to examine their own belief systems, realize how their beliefs may have, in fact, created a boundary preventing them from attaining higher levels find a way to build a bridge above that boundary. In this way, the reader gains control over their beliefs, rather than being controlled may progress toward higher degrees of enlightenment fully alive.”
“Fully Human/ Fully Alive” was featured during the 2025 Bologna Children’s Book Fair at Bologna Italy on March 31 to April 3, 2025, at Bologna, Italy. The mentioned book fair is an internationally renowned event that brings together publishing professionals, authors, illustrators, and storytellers from across the globe.
This masterpiece was also featured during the 2024 Frankfurt International Book Fair. The said book fair is the world’s largest book fair. It is a vibrant celebration of global cultures, stories, and creativity, drawing over 215,000 attendees and 4,000 exhibitors from more than 130 countries each year.
