Writers Who Were Born in Indiana or Who Live in Indiana
George Ade The Permanent Ade
Charles and Mary Beard (historians)
John Bolinger All My Lazy Rivers
Norman Bridwell creator of big Red Dog named Clifford
Jared Carter (poet) Night is Coming
Meg Cabot Princess Diaries
Eth Clifford Year of the Three-Legged Deer, Search for the Crescent Moon, and Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library.
Jeanne M. Dams mystery
Jim Davis Creator of Garfield, the cat
Rebecca Kay Dottlich childrens writer Ladybug
Lloyd C. Douglas Magnificent Obsession
Theodore Dreiser American Tragedy
Marilyn Durham Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Edward Eggleston Hoosier Schoolmaster
Annie Fellows Johnston
Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann
Esther Kellner The Promise
Emily Kimbrough Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
Haven Kimmell Girl Named Zippy
Kathryn Lasky Pageant (1986), Sugaring Time (1983), a Newberry honor book
Jeremy Leven, novelist and screenwriter Time Traveler’s Wife
Ross Lockridge, Jr. Raintree County
James H. Madison (historian) The Indiana Way : A State History
George Barr McCutcheon
Charles Major When Knighthood Was in Flower
Phyllis Naylor children’s writer Witch's Sister, takes place in Indiana
Ralph McInerny Mystery
Susan Neville In the House of Blue Lights
Jeannette Covert Nolan mystery
Bill Peet (childrens books)
Ernie Pyle
William H. Gass The Tunnel
Graham Phillips
Gene Stratton Porter A Girl of the Limberlost
Margaret McMullan (young adult fiction) In My Mother's House, Cashay and When I Crossed No-Bob
Meredith Nicholson House of a Thousand Candles
James Whiteomb Riley
Scott Russell Sanders A Private History of Awe
Jean Shepherd Christmas Story
Rex Stout, mystery writer
Booth Tarkington Monsieur Beaucaire
Maurice Thompson Alice of Old Vincennes
James Alexander Thom Follow the River, Long Knife, From Sea to Shining Sea
Charles E. Tidler, playwrite
Kurt Vonnegut Cat’s Cradle
Lew Wallace Ben Hur
Jessamyn West Friendly Persuasion
William Wilson
Marguerite Young Miss Macintosh, My Darling
