Born: 1955 Ohio Connection: Born Steubenville Robin Yocum got his first job in the newspaper business as a young child delivering for the Wheeling Intelligencer in the town of Brilliant, Ohio. Growing up the son of a steelworker, he wanted to be a fireman or the second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He went on …
Read More Yocum, RobinBorn: 1979 Ohio Connection: Birth Morrow County Mindy L. McGinnis, an award-winning novelist of young adult (YA) literature, grew up in a rural town in Ohio. In 2001, she graduated magna cum laude from Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio with a B. A. in English Literature and Religion. When she was in eighth grade, McGinnis knew …
Read More Mindy McGinnisOn Saturday, November 4, 2017 at the Fisher Auditorium in Wooster, Ohio, the 30th Annual Buckeye Book Fair will be held from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. It provides a forum for thousands of attendees from all over Ohio to mingle, shop for books, and celebrate the joys of reading and writing–and meet with their …
Read More Meet 100 Ohio authors & illustrators at the 30th annual Buckeye Book Fair Saturday, November 4, 2017Ohio connection: Birth Columbus Kacy Cook was born in Columbus, Ohio, the second of six children. Her father was a federal agent, and her mother was an artist and dress designer. Kacy still lives in Columbus and has three grown children. Since attending Ohio State University, Kacy has worked in journalism and publishing. In addition, …
Read More Cook, KacyBorn: November 6, 1916Died: October 7, 2011 Ohio connection: Resident Lakewood Journalist, author, and historian George E. Condon was born in Fall River, Massachusetts, but grew up in the Irish neighborhoods of Cleveland’s Near West Side. Condon’s parents, who immigrated from Ireland, moved the family to Cleveland in 1927 when Condon was 11 years old. …
Read More George E. CondonOn Saturday, October 21, 2017, the Columbus Ohio Fiction Writers chapter of RWA® will host an all-day (9 to 5) workshop featuring author Larry Brooks at the Courtyard Marriott in Columbus (2350 Westbest Drive). Although this workshop is sponsored by a Romance Writers of America chapter, Mr. Brooks’ books, Story Fix, Story Engineering and Story …
Read More Author Larry Brooks to speak in Columbus on October 21, 2017Born: September 10, 1892Died: March 15, 1962 Ohio connection: Birth Wooster Arthur Holly Compton, son of Elias and Otelia Catherine (Augspurger) Compton, was born in 1892 in Wooster, Ohio. His father was a Presbyterian minister, professor of philosophy and dean at the College of Wooster. Six members of the Compton family eventually received a total of more than …
Read More Arthur Holly ComptonBorn: 1940 Ohio connection: Resident Oberlin Poet, translator, and editor, Martha Collins was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1940. She earned a B.A. at Stanford University and holds a PhD. from the University of Iowa. She has published books of poetry, including Admit One: An American Scrapbook, Day Unto Day, White Papers, and Blue Front, a book-length …
Read More Collins, MarthaBorn: September 22, 1930Died: February 28, 2016 Ohio connection: Resident Columbus Paul Alfred Colinvaux was an eminent paleoecologist and educator who wrote about ecological issues. He was born in St. Albans, England. Colinvaux graduated from University College School. In post-World War II England, he entered the British military, serving in Germany. Colinvaux pursued his education after …
Read More Paul ColinvauxBorn: 1968 Ohio connection: Former Resident Cincinnati Brockway Clarke was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Peter Paslee (an English professor) and Elaine Giustina (a dental hygienist) Clarke. His family moved to Little Falls in upstate New York when he was three and he lived there for the next twenty-six years before moving to South Carolina and then …
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