Author: Ohio Center for the Book

Register to meet YA author Kristina McBride on Sunday, December 3, 2017 in Springboro, Ohio

Ohio Center for the Book November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

On Sunday, December 3, 2017 from 4:00 -7:00 p.m Mindy Hoffbauer, publicist for the bestselling novelist W. Bruce Cameron, will host a Lit Salon featuring Ohio Young Adult novelist Kristina McBride. To date, McBride has published four novels, i.e. THE TENSION OF OPPOSITES (2010), ONE MOMENT (2012), A MILLION TIMES GOODNIGHT (2016), and THE BAKERSVILLE …

Walter Havighurst

Ohio Center for the Book November 21, 2017November 23, 2020

Born: November 28, 1901Died: February 3, 1984 Ohio connection: Former Resident Oxford Walter Havighurst, son of Freeman Alfred and Winifred (Weter) Havighurst, was born in 1901 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He received a B.A. from the University of Denver in 1924, and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1928. He married a writer, Marion Boyd, in 1930. After a …

Harlan Henthorne Hatcher

Ohio Center for the Book November 21, 2017September 7, 2021

Born: September 8, 1898Died: February 25, 1998 Ohio connection: Birth Ironton Harlan Henthorne Hatcher, son of Robert Elison and Linda (Leslie) Hatcher, was born in 1898 in Ironton, Ohio. He attended Ohio State University from 1919-1927, where he received bachelors and Ph.D. degrees. He served in the United States Army in 1918 and in the Naval Reserve …

Harrington, William

Ohio Center for the Book November 15, 2017May 7, 2022

Born: November 21, 1931 Died: November 8, 2000 Ohio connection: Birth Marietta William Harrington, son of William K. and Virginia (Pickens) Harrington, was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1931. He received an A.B. from Marietta College in 1953, an M.A. from Duke University in 1955, and a J.D. from Ohio State University in 1958. He …

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Ohio Center for the Book November 15, 2017September 24, 2021

Born: September 24, 1825Died: February 22, 1911 Ohio connection: Resident Cincinnati Frances Ellen Watkins Harper was born September 24, 1825, in Baltimore, Maryland to free parents but was orphaned by age three. She was raised by an aunt and uncle and studied Bible, literature, and public speaking at Academy for Negro Youth, a school founded …

Virginia Hamilton

Ohio Center for the Book November 15, 2017March 11, 2022

Born: March 12, 1934Died: February 19, 2002 Ohio connection: Birth Yellow Springs “If you can dream it, then you can have it.” A powerful axiom that encapsulates the accomplishments and triumphs of its speaker, Virginia Hamilton. Descendant of a maternal grandfather who escaped from slavery in Virginia to settle in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Hamilton grew …

Murat Halstead

Ohio Center for the Book November 15, 2017September 1, 2021

Born: September 2, 1829 Died: July 2, 1908 Ohio connection: Birth Paddy’s Run Murat Halstead, son of Griffin and Clarissa (Willetts) Halstead, was born in 1829 in Butler County, Ohio. He was raised on a family farm but his heart was more in academic endeavors than in farming. He spent many hours at the local public …

Zane Grey

Ohio Center for the Book November 14, 2017January 28, 2022

Born: January 31, 1872Died: October 23, 1939 Ohio connection: Birth Zanesville Pearl Zane Grey was born on January 31, 1872, to Lewis Gray, a traveling preacher and dentist, and his wife Alice. The family changed the spelling of its last name to “Grey” shortly after his birth. Grey grew up in Zanesville, Ohio, the town named …

Louis Filler

Ohio Center for the Book November 12, 2017September 10, 2022

Born: August 27, 1911Died: December 22, 1998 Ohio connection: Resident Yellow Springs Louis Filler, son of Pit and Sara (Kutcher) Filler, was born in Odessa, Russia, in 1911. Filler, whose family emigrated to the United States in 1914, was reared in Philadelphia, PA. Filler received a B.A. from Temple University in 1934 and then an M.A. …

Gustav Eckstein

Ohio Center for the Book November 12, 2017October 25, 2021

Born: October 26, 1890Died: September 23, 1981 Ohio connection: Birth Cincinnati Gustav Eckstein, son of Gustav and Emma (Imig) Eckstein, was born in 1890 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received a D.D.S. from the Cincinnati College of Dental Surgery in 1911 and a M.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1924. He practiced dentistry from 1911 until 1918 and was …