Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

female, 78 years old (Princeton, New Jersey, United States)
nobel prize in literature, Nobel Prize, From Houston, English, From Lorain, Ohio, Princeton University…American women writer, writer, from Ohio, Ohiowriter
Toni Morrison (born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18 1931), is a Nobel Prize-winning American author, editor, and professor. Her novels are...
James Grover Thurber

James Grover Thurber

male, deceased (1961) (Columbus, ohio)
blind, short stories, From Columbus, Ohio, James Grover Thurber, American, Short story writer…Ohiowriter, Ohio State University alumni, Ohio State University, born in Columbus, Ohio
James Thurber was born in Columbus, Ohio. His father was Charles Leander (later surnamed Lincoln), a minor politician. Mary Thurber , his mother,...
Sherwood Anderson

Sherwood Anderson

male, deceased (1941)
from Chicago, writer, Chicago writer, Presbyterian, Copywriters, short stories…Ohiowriter, Short story writer, From Elyria, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson (September 13 1876 - March 8 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection "Winesburg,...
Rita Dove

Rita Dove

female, 57 years old
Arizona State University faculty, American Poet Laureate, Rita Frances Dove, Poet Laureate of the United States, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, From Akron, Ohio…Ohiowriter, writer
Rita Dove is the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From 1993 to 1995 she served as Poet Laureate of the United...
Roger Zelazny

Roger Zelazny

male, deceased (1995)
This Immortal, The Chronicles of Amber, writer, science fiction writer, Hugo Award, Hugo Award winning author…fantasy writer, Ohiowriter
Roger Joseph Zelazny was an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. He won the Nebula award three times and the...
Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

male, deceased (1906)
African American, poet, novelist, Oak and Ivy, Ohiowriter, American…From Dayton, Ohio, Ohio Historical Society
Paul Laurence Dunbar"' (June 27, 1872 - February 9, 1906) was a seminal American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained...
William H. Gass

William H. Gass

male, 85 years old
American military personnel of World War II, philosophy, Ohiowriter, Kenyon College alumni, Wesleyan University alumni, from St. Louis County, Missouri…from Ohio, Missouri writer, North Dakota writer, Short story writer
William H. Gass (born July 30, 1924) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor.
Zane Grey

Zane Grey

male, deceased (1939)
Film studio executive, The Internet Movie Database, old west, dentist, Western writer, movie mogul…Ohiowriter, from Zanesville, Ohio
Zane Grey was an American author best known for his popular adventure novels and pulp fiction that presented an idealized image of the rugged Old...
Geoffrey A. Landis

Geoffrey A. Landis

male
Golden Gryphon Press, Glenn Research Center, Tor Books, NASA personnel, Analog Science Fiction and Fact, ronald e. mcnair…Ohiowriter, science fiction writer
Geoffrey A. Landis emerged in the late 1980s as one of the foremost scientist-writers in the science fiction genre. Landis holds undergraduate...
Erma Bombeck

Erma Bombeck

female, deceased (1996) (San Francisco, California, United States)
columnist, journalist, American, from Arizona, University of Dayton, Sitcom…Ohiowriter, From Dayton, Ohio, writer
Erma Louise Bombeck, born Erma Fiste, was an American humorist who achieved great popularity for a newspaper column that depicted suburban home...