Ohio Authors

Criteria for the Ohio Center for the Book Ohio Authors List

The author was born in Ohio or resided in Ohio for 5 or more years in addition to one or more of the following:

  • Has at least one work recognized as a “classic” which continues to be read, studied, or cited.
  • Has at least one work that has received an award for literary merit or has been positively reviewed in professional reviewing sources.
  • Has at least one work that has appeared on an authoritative bestseller list.
  • Has been recognized in their field (e.g., fiction, poetry, drama, comics, etc.) as a significant literary figure.
  • Has works published by a mainstream publisher or prominent small press in a specific field.
Authors City
Abbott, Lee K. Columbus
Abbott, Tony Cleveland
Abdul, Raoul Cleveland
Abdurraquib, Hanif* Columbus
Abel, Robert Halsall Painesville
Ackerman, Karen Cincinnati
Adams, Hazard Cleveland
Adams, John R. Cincinnati
Adkins, Jan Gallipolis
Adoff, Arnold Yellow Springs
Adoff, Jaime Yellow Springs
Albacete, M. J. Canton
Alder, Elizabeth Willoughby
Alger, Leclaire Youngstown
Ali, Kazim Columbus
Allen, William Columbus
Ames, Delano Mount Vernon
Anderson, Maggie Kent
Anderson, Sherwood Camden
Anderson, Terry Lorain
Andrews, Nin Poland
Andrica, Theodore Cleveland
Angle, Paul M. Mansfield
Ascher, Carol Cleveland
Atkins, Russell Cleveland
Averbach, Patricia Cleveland
Avery, Ellis Columbus
Awad, Ruth Columbus
Ayres, Katherine Columbus
Babbitt, Natalie Zane Moore Dayton
Baker, David Anthony Granville (Licking Co.)
Balaz, Joe* Cleveland
Barney, Natalie Clifford Dayton
Barry, James P. Columbus
Batiuk, Thomas Martin Akron
Beard, Daniel Carter Cincinnati
Bellamy, Joe David Cincinnati
Bendis, Brian Michael Cleveland
Benson, Mildred Wirt Toledo
Berger, Thomas Cincinnati
Bibel, George Bedford
Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Horse Cave Creek (Meigs Co.)
Biggers, Earl Derr Warren
Bilgere, George Cleveland
Birmingham, Stephen Cincinnati
Bombeck, Erma Louise Dayton
Borden, Louise Cincinnati
Bourjaily, Vance Nye Cleveland
Boyd, Thomas Defiance
Boyer, Dwight Elyria
Boyle, Kay Cincinnati
Brackett, Leigh Kinsman
Brady, Philip Youngstown
Braunschweiger, Amy Toledo
Braunbeck, Gary A. Columbus
Brinkley, Douglas Perrysburg
Bromfield, Louis Mansfield
Brown, Fredric Cincinnati
Browne, Charles Farrar (aka Artemus Ward) Cleveland
Buckell, Tobias S.* Bluffton
Buckley, Michael Akron
Budbill, David Cleveland
Bujold, Lois McMaster Columbus
Burnett, William Riley Springfield
Caniff, Milton Hillsboro
Canzoneri, Robert Wilburn Columbus
Cary, Alice Mount Healthy
Cary, Phoebe Mount Healthy
Catherwood, Mary Hartwell Hebron
Catrow, David J. Springfield
Chace, Howard L. (H.L.)* Cincinnati
Chan, Marianne* Cincinnati
Chaon, Dan Cleveland Heights
Chatfield, Hale Huntsburg
Cheng, Andrea Cincinnati
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell Cleveland
Christie, Nancy Youngstown
Christy, Howard Chandler Zanesville
Citino, David Cleveland
Clarke, Brock Cincinnati
Clauser, Suzanne Phillips Yellow Springs
Cline, Ernest* Ashland
Cole Jr., Charles C. Columbus
Colinvaux , Paul Columbus
Collins, Martha Oberlin
Compton, Arthur Holly Wooster
Condon, George E. Lakewood
Cook, Kacy Columbus
Corwin, C. R. Medina
Coulton, Mia Shaker Heights
Crane, Hart Garrettsville
Creech, Sharon Euclid
Crouse, Russel Findlay
Crumb, Robert Cleveland
Crusie, Jennifer Wapakoneta
Crutcher, Chris Dayton
Cunningham, Michael Cincinnati
Curry, Jane Louise East Liverpool
Curtis, Charlotte Murray Columbus
Daley, Mary Dowling Shaker Heights
Darcy, Clare (Mary Deasy, pseudonym) Cincinnati
Davis, Teri Ellen Cross* Cleveland
Dean, John W. Akron
Deasy, Mary Margaret Cincinnati
DeCapite, Raymond Cleveland
Dew, Robb Forman Mount Vernon
Dils, Tracey E. Columbus
Dodd, Elizabeth Athens
Dodd, Wayne Athens
Doerr, Anthony Cleveland
Dove, Rita Akron
Downs, Hugh Malcolm Akron
Draper, Sharon* Cleveland
Drew, Elizabeth Cincinnati
Dufala, Denise Marie North Olmsted
Duffy, Michael Columbus
Dunbar, Paul Laurence Dayton
Durrant, Lynda Cleveland
Eager, Edward McMaken Toledo
Eberhardt, Jennifer* Cleveland
Eckert, Allan Bellefontaine
Eckstein, Gustav Cincinnati
Edgell, Zee Kent
Ellison, Harlan Jay Cleveland
Estes, Angie* Ashland
Eszterhas, Joe Bainbridge Township
Fagan, Kathy Worthington
ffitch, Madeline* Athens
Filler, Louis Yellow Springs
Flanagan, Robert James Toledo
Fleming, Deborah Steubenville
Fleming, Denise Toledo
Flora, James Bellefontaine
Flower, Amanda* Akron
Foster, Leonard Gurley Cleveland
Foster, Linda Nemec Cleveland
Foster, Lori* Cincinnati
Frazier, Ian Hudson
French, Winsor* Cleveland
Gardener, Helen Hamilton* (Alice Chenoweth, pseudonym) Cincinnati
Gass, William H. Warren
Gay, Ross* Youngstown
George, (Susan) Elizabeth Warren
Giannelli, Adam* Cleveland
Gibans, Nina Freedlander Cleveland
Giblin, James Cross Cleveland
Giffels, David Akron
Gilfillan, Merrill D. Mt. Gilead
Gilfillan, Merrill C. Castine
Giovanni, Nikki Cincinnati
Gladden, Washington Columbus
Glaser, Elton Akron
Gold, Herbert Cleveland
Goss, Charles Frederic* Cincinnati
Gould, Jean Rosalind Greenville
Grafton, Sue Cincinnati
Grant, Ulysses Simpson Point Pleasant
Green, Hannah Cincinnati
Greene, Bob Columbus
Grey, Zane Zanesville
Gridley, Sarah* Cleveland
Grimm, Susan Cleveland
Guild, Nicholas Columbus
Gunter-Seymour, Kari* Amesville
Gup, Ted Canton
Haddix, Margaret Peterson Washington Court House
Hagedorn, Ann Ripley
Hague, Richard Steubenville
Halstead, Murat Paddy’s Run
Hamilton, Virginia Yellow Springs
Hammond, Percy Cadiz
Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins Cincinnati
Harper, Karen Toledo
Harrington, William Marietta
Harris, Clare Winger Lakewood
Harvey, Nancy Lenz Cincinnati
Hassler, David Kent
Hatcher, Harlan Henthorne Ironton
Havighurst, Walter Oxford
Haygood, Wil Columbus
Hazen, Barbara Shook Dayton
Hearn, Lafcadio Cincinnati
Henry, O. Columbus
Hickman, Janet Kilbourne
Hillenbrand, Will Terrace Park
Himes, Chester Cleveland
Hodgson, Ralph Minerva
Holbrook, Sara Mentor
Hoover, H. M. (Helen Mary) Stark Co.
Houts, Michelle* Rockford
Howard, Richard Cleveland
Howells, William Dean* Martins Ferry
Hughes, Langston Cleveland
Hunter, Dard Steubenville
Jakes, John William Columbus
Johnson, Angela Kent
Jordan, A. Van* Akron
Kachuba, John Athens
Kamara, Yalie Saweda* Cincinnati
Kenah, Katharine Granville
Kendall, Carol Bucyrus
Kennedy, Adrienne Columbus
Kiplinger, W. M. (Willard Monroe) Bellefontaine
Kluge, P. F. Gambier
Knebel, Fletcher Dayton
Knott, Kip* Cincinnati
Koch, Kenneth Cincinnati
Kronenberger, Louis Cincinnati
Landis, Geoffrey A. Berea
Lawrence, Jerome K. Cleveland
Laycock, George Zanesville
Lee, Robert Edwin Elyria
Lenski, Lois Springfield
Levandoski, Rob Medina
Levy, D.A. Cleveland
Lewis, Alfred Henry Cleveland
Lewis, J. Patrick Westerville
Libby, Anthony Columbus
Locke, David Ross Toledo
MacGahan, Januarius New Lexington
Mackall, Dandi Daley West Salem
Maher, James T Cleveland
Majmudar, Amit* Columbus
Markle, Sandra Fostoria
Markley, Stephen* Mount Vernon
Martin, Lee Columbus
Matthews, Jack Columbus
Matthews, William Cincinnati
McCloskey, Robert Hamilton
McCord, Howard Bowling Green
McFarland, Ronald Bellaire
McGinnis, Mindy Morrow County
McGraw, Erin Columbus
McKenney, Ruth Akron
McLain, Paula Cleveland
McNiece, Ray* Cleveland
Mda, Zakes Athens
Metres, Philip Cleveland, University Heights
Miller, Wayne* Cincinnati
Moning, Karen Marie* Cincinnati
Montanari, Richard Cleveland
Moody, Minnie Hite Granville
Moon, Carl Wilmington
Morrison, Toni Lorain
Moss, Thylias Cleveland
Mullen, Patrick B. Columbus
Nasby, Petroleum Vesuvius Toledo
Nelson, Marilyn Cleveland
Ness, Evaline* Union City
Ng, Celeste Shaker Heights
Norton, Andre Cleveland
Nugent, Elliott John Dover
Okorafor, Nnedi Cincinnati
Oliver, Mary Maple Heights
Olmstead, Robert Delaware
Orlean, Susan Cleveland
O’Rourke, P. J. (Patrick Jake) Toledo
Orr, Mary* Canton
Outcault, Richard F.* Lancaster
Patchen, Kenneth Niles
Peale, Norman Vincent Bowersville
Pearsall, Shelley Silver Lake
Pekar, Harvey* Cleveland
Peltier, Leslie Copus Delphos
   
Pilkey, Dav Cleveland
Pink, Daniel H.* Columbus
Pogue, David Shaker Heights
Pope, Paul* Bowling Green
Porrello, Rick Cleveland
Powell, Dawn Mount Gilead
Purdy, James Fremont
Ransom, John Crowe Gambier
Rebeck, Theresa* Kenwood
Renick, Marion Springfield
Renner, James Cleveland
Richter, Conrad Cleveland
Roberts, Les Cleveland Heights
Robertson, Don* Cleveland
Robinson, Barbara Portsmouth
Roseboom, Eugene Holloway Frankfort
Rosen, Michael J. Columbus
Russell, Mary Doria South Euclid
Rylant, Cynthia Rootstown
Salamon, Julie Seaman
Salinger, Michael Mentor
Santmyer, Helen Hooven Cincinnati
Scalzi, John Bradford
Schaefer, Jack Cleveland
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Xenia
Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur M. Columbus
Schmidt, Stanley Cincinnati
Schultz, Connie Cleveland
Schwartz, Sheila Cleveland
Schwarz, Ted Cleveland
Scibona, Salvatore Parma
Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky Dayton
Seid, Ruth (Jo Sinclair, pseudonym)* Cleveland
Seshadri, Vijay* Columbus
Shulman, Alix Kates* Cleveland
Shuster, Joe Cleveland
Sickels, Carter* Central Ohio
Siegel, Jerry Cleveland
Sittenfeld, Curtis Cincinnati
Skimin, Robert Elwayne Belden
Smart, Charles Allen Cleveland
Smith, Jeff Columbus
Smith, Larry* Mingo Junction
Smith, Maggie* Columbus
Snider, Denton Jaques* (Theophilus Middling, pseudonym) Mount Gilead
Spires, Elizabeth Lancaster
Springstubb, Tricia Cleveland Heights
Sreenivasan, Jyotsna* Barberton
Starbuck, George Edwin Columbus
Steinem, Gloria Toledo
Stevenson, Burton Egbert Chillicothe
Stewart, Donald Ogden Columbus
Stillman, Deanne Cleveland
Stine, R. L. Columbus
Strawser, Jessica* Cincinnati
Stowe, Harriet Beecher Cincinnati
Suszko, Marilou K. Vermillion
Taylor, Debbie A. Columbus
Taylor, Mildred D. Toledo
Thomas, Lowell Woodington
Thomas, Norman* Marion
Thompson, Daniel Cleveland
Thurber, James Grover Columbus
Tolan, Stephanie S. Canton
Torrence, Frederic Ridgely Xenia
Tourgee, Albion Winegar Williamsfield
Tully, Jim St. Marys
Turkle, Brinton Alliance
Turner-Yamamoto, Judith* Cincinnati
Umrigar, Thrity Cleveland
Valin, Jonathan Louis Cincinnati
Vaughan, Brian K. Cleveland
Vogel, Ezra Delaware
Wagner, Sara Moore* West Chester
Wagoner, David Massillon
Wahl, Jan Columbus
Ward, Geoffrey Newark
Watterson, Bill Chagrin Falls
Weems, Mary E.* Cleveland
Weigl, Bruce* Lorain
White, Edmund Cincinnati
Whitlock, Brand Urbana
Wilhelm, Kate Toledo
Willis, Sarah Cleveland Heights
Wilner, Eleanor* Cleveland
Wilson, Earl Rockford
Wilson, John Harold* Springfield
Winegardner, Mark Bryan
Wise, Isaac Mayer Cincinnati
Woodhull, Victoria Homer
Woodson, Jacqueline Columbus
Wright, Frances* Cincinnati
Wright, James A. Martins Ferry
Wyse, Lois* Cleveland
Xiong, Khaty* Columbus
Yocum, Robin Steubenville
Young, David Oberlin
Zelazny, Roger Euclid
Zimmer, Tracie Vaughn Cincinnati

*Links temporarily to the author’s Wikipedia article or other online resource while a mini-biography is being created.