Norman BridwellClifford the Big Red Dog
Howard
Ambrose BierceOccurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Kosciusko
Rebecca Kai DotlichThe Knowing Book
Hamilton
Margaret Peterson HaddixRunning Out of Time
Marion
John GreenThe Fault in Our Stars
Marion
Madelyn PughI Love Lucy
Marion
Janet FlannerParis Was Yesterday
Marion
Karen Joy FowlerThe Jane Austen Book Club
Monroe
Keiko KaszaBadger's Fancy Meal
Monroe
Scott Russell SandersA Private History of Awe
Monroe
Meredith NicholsonHouse of a Thousand Candles
Montgomery
Lew WallaceBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Franklin
Jessamyn WestThe Friendly Persuasion
Jennings
Helen FrostKeesha's House
Allen
Jared CarterDarkened Rooms of Summer:
New and Selected PoemsTipton
Sarah T. BoltonSongs Of A Life-Time
Jefferson
Marianne BoruchThe Book of Hours
Tippecanoe
Charles and Mary BeardThe Rise of American Civilization
Henry
James Whitcomb Riley"Little Orphant Annie"
Hancock
Orlando MenesFetish
St. Joseph
Kenneth RexrothIn What HourSt. Joseph
Ernie PyleHome Country
Vermillion
Booth TarkingtonThe Magnificent Ambersons
Marion
Angelo PizzoHoosiersMonroe
Meg CabotThe Princess Diaries
Monroe
George AdeDoc' HorneNewton
Nelson AlgrenThe Man with the Golden Arm
Lake
Kathryn LaskyGuardians of Ga'Hoole
Marion
Phyllis Reynolds NaylorShiloh
Madison
Howard HawksScarfaceElkhart
Bill PeetThe Caboose Who Got Loose
Spencer
Arlene MoselTikki Tikki Tembo
Hamilton
Johnny GruelleRaggedy Ann
Marion
Etheridge Knight"The Idea of Ancestry"
Marion
Mari EvansI Am a Black Woman
Marion
Philip GulleyThe Harmony Series
Hendricks
Ross Lockridge Jr.Raintree County
Monroe
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five
Marion
Dan WakefieldGoing All the Way
Marion
Marguerite YoungMiss MacIntosh, My Darling
Marion
Gene Stratton-PorterGirl of the Limberlost
Wabash
Paul OsbornEast of Eden
Vanderburgh
Mike MullinYoung Adult Literature
James Alexander ThomFollow the River
Owen
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie
Vigo
Michael KorytaThose Who Wish Me Dead
Monroe
John HayFiction
Joaquin MillerPoetry
Frederick ShroyerFiction
Alice and Phoebe CaryPoetry
Jean ShepherdIn God We Trust:
All Others Pay CashLake
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HOW TO USE THIS MAPWhile not an exhaustive list of all Hoosier writers, the
creators of this map hope that in providing this overview of 200 Indiana writers, people will �nd new writers to enjoy as
well as be reminded of classic favorites. Writers can be found either on the map in their county of origin or residence, or
on the genre lists to the right. We hope you enjoy this cross-section of writers from the state of Indiana.
CHILDREN'S LITERATUREJohn David Anderson
Peggy ArcherThomas Gibbons Aylesworth
Frances CavanahEth Clifford
Troy CummingsJim Davis
Martha FinleyElisabeth H. Friermood
Valiska GregoryDorothy HamiltonMargaret HodgesMabel Leigh HuntMary Blair ImmelMiriam E. MasonEvangeline Morse
Beverly Hollett Renner
Beatrice Schenk DeRegniersChildren's Literature
Ben HatkeChildren's Literature
Phillip HooseChildren's Literature
April Pulley SayreChildren's Literature
Jeff StoneChildren's Literature
Crystal ThrasherChildren's Literature
Lloyd C. DouglasFiction
Edward and George EgglestonFiction
Philip José FarmerFiction
William H. GassFiction
Patricia HenleyFiction
Hal HigdonFiction
Kin HubbardFiction
Emily KimbroughFiction
Charles MajorFiction
Michael MartoneFiction
George Barr McCutcheonFiction
Ralph McInernyFiction
Sandy SassoFiction
Barbara ShoupFiction
Rex StoutFiction
Shelden VanaukenFiction
Haven KimmelNonfiction
James H. MadisonNonfiction
Susan NevilleNonfiction
Walter WangerinNonfiction
Philip ApplemanPoetry
Joyce BrinkmanPoetry
Mitchell L. H. DouglasPoetry
Matthew GrahamPoetry
Joseph W. HeithausPoetry
George KalamarasPoetry
Karen KovacikPoetry
Norbert KrapfPoetry
David ShumatePoetry
Rose Hartwick ThorpePoetry
Shari WagnerPoetry
David WagonerPoetry
Marcus WickerPoetry
Elaine Marie AlphinYoung Adult Literature
Margaret McMullanYoung Adult Literature
R. Karl LargentFiction
Silas B. McManusPoetry
Jethro C. CulmerPoetry
Caroline Dale SnedekerChildren’s Literature
W. Bruce BellFiction
R. Carlyle BuleyNonfiction
Ellen HunnicuttFiction
Emma King BenhamPoetry
Linda FuriyaNonfiction
Peggy GoodinChildren’s Literature
Clara Ingram JudsonChildren’s Literature
FICTION Andy Adams
Marjorie Hill AlleeElizabeth Arthur
Nancy Niblack BaxterCaroline Brown
Christopher CoakeHarold CourlanderJeanne M. Dams
Cathy DayShirley Graham DuBois
Marilyn DurhamGeorge P. Elliott
Sherri Wood EmmonsTerence FahertyBryan Furuness
Clifford GarstangLucrecia Guerrero
Alfred Bertram GuthrieJoseph Arnold Hayes
James W. HustonMargaret Weymouth Jackson
Douglas LightMary Mackey
Elizabeth Jane MillerAaron Michael Morales
Anna NicholasJennifer NivenTony Perona
David Graham PhillipsDarryl PinckneyGreg Schwipps
Elizabeth Stuckey-FrenchMaurice Thompson
Mary Jane WardNONFICTION
Ben E. BarnesJ. Brent Bill
Ray BoomhowerClaude Bowers
Hubert L. BrownElmer Davis
Esther KellnerGeorge Jean NathanJohn Clark Ridpath
Bruce RogersConstance Faunt Le Roy Runcie
Julia ScheeresKenneth SchoonMichael Shelden
Juliet StraussPOETRY
Willis BarnstoneFranklin H. Clevenger
Charles CoeMax EhrmannJohn Finley
Chris ForhanSmiley FowlerAlice Friman
Jean GarrigueEugene Gloria
Rob GriffithJohn Groppe
J.L. KatoKay KinnamanJayne Marek
James Newton MatthewsBonnie MaurerDick McBride
William Vaughn MoodyRoger Pfingston
Barton Rees PogueE.A. Richardson
Laurel SmithEvaleen Stein
Ruth StoneElizabeth Weber
YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Annie Fellows Johnston
Julia KarrKekla Magoon
Pamela F. ServiceChris Woodworth