Indiana boasts many things that Hoosiers can be proud of (did you know we produced the limestone used to build the Empire State Building?) but perhaps the most important thing Indiana has to offer is our wealth of authors. A stroll through your local library or favorite bookstore provides book after book penned by famous Indiana authors, from Kurt Vonnegut to John Green.
We have compiled here (with the help of Indiana Historical Bureau and Carnegie Wabash Public Library) a list of Indiana authors for you to peruse.
Fiction Writers:
Ann Rinaldi
Barbara Shoup
Booth Tarkington
Charles Major
Dan Wakefield
Dorothy Drumm Hamilton
Edward Eggleston
Elisabeth H. Friermood
Gene Stratton-Porter
George Barr McCutcheon
James Alexander Thom
JD Phillips
Jean Shepherd
Jessamyn West
Kathryn Lasky
Kurt Vonnegut
Lew Wallace
Maurice Thompson
Michael Martone
Ross Lockridge, Jr.
Thomas Black
William J. Palmer
Children’s Book Authors:
Betty Jo Schuler
Bill Peet
Eth Clifford
Jeanette Covert Nolan
Mabel Leigh Hunt
Miriam E. Mason
Raymond McDonald Alden
Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Young Adult Writers:
John Green
Margaret McMullan
Phyllis Naylor
Mystery Writers:
Jeanne M. Dams
Joe L. Hensley
Kit Ehrman
P.M. Carlson
Rex Stout
Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Terence Faherty
Ralph McInerny
Playwrights:
George Ade
Joseph Hayes
Steven Sater
Poets:
James Whitcomb Riley
Jared Carter
Rebecca Lard
Illustrators/Cartoonists:
Jim Davis
John Gruelle
Kin Hubbard
Norman Bridwell
Essayists:
Aracelis Girmay
Scott Russell Sanders
Susan Neville
Noticed someone missing? Let us know!
2 responses to “Indiana Authors”
Ernie Pyle is the most important and probably the most world famous writer to come from Indiana. His work changed the way conflict journalism was written, defined the character of World War II from the ground level for most Americans, and introduced the United States as a character on the world stage to many countries around the world. We need to give him his due.
Oh boy, here we go… The usual suspects. Nobody independent or radical. Whatever. Indiana never appreciates its true innovators.