Born: October 14, 1893Died: September 11, 1974 Ohio connection: Birth Springfield Lois Lenski was one of the most prominent and highly respected authors and illustrators of books for children and young adults. Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1893, Lenski was the daughter of Marietta (Young) Lenski, a former teacher, and Richard Charles Henry, a Lutheran minister. Her family moved …
Read More Lois LenskiBorn: 1960 Ohio connection: Birth Cincinnati Will Hillenbrand was born in Cincinnati to Earl (a barber) and Alice (Zins) Hillenbrand and has lived almost all his life in Cincinnati where he grew up surrounded by stories. The youngest of four boys with diverse personalities and talents, Hillenbrand found himself interested in drawing. His older brother sketched …
Read More Hillenbrand, WillBorn: 1930 Ohio connection: Birth Dayton Barbara Hazen was born Barbara Shook, daughter of Charles Harman and Elizabeth (Foster) Shook, in 1930, in Dayton, Ohio. She received a B.A. from Smith College in 1951 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1952. She married Freeman Brackett Hazen in 1956, and they had one child, Freeman Brackett, Jr., …
Read More Hazen, Barbara ShookBorn: July 8, 1940 Died: April 30, 2020 Ohio connection: Birth Kilbourne Janet Hickman was born Janet Gephart, daughter of Bernard Franklin and Pauline (Williams) Gephart, in Kilbourne, Ohio, in 1940. She received a B.S. in 1960, an M.A. in 1964, and a Ph.D. in 1979, all from Ohio State University. She married John Hickman in 1961, …
Read More Janet HickmanBorn: September 11, 1862Died: June 5, 1910 Ohio connection: Resident Columbus O. Henry was born William Sidney Porter, son of Algernon Sidney and Mary Jane Virginia (Swaim) Porter, in 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He changed the spelling of his middle name to Sydney in 1898. When Porter was three years old, his mother died and he …
Read More O. HenryBorn: June 27, 1850Died: September 26, 1904 Ohio connection: Resident Cincinnati Lafcadio Hearn, son of Charles Bush and Rosa Tessima Hearn, was born in 1850 in Leukas, Greece. He had a very unsettled childhood with his parents divorcing when he was six and his mother dying in a mental institution some time later. He was then raised …
Read More Lafcadio HearnOn 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 …
Read More Register to meet YA author Kristina McBride on Sunday, December 3, 2017 in Springboro, OhioBorn: 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 …
Read More Walter HavighurstBorn: 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 …
Read More Harlan Henthorne HatcherBorn: 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 …
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