Penrod Indianapolis Pulitzer-prize-winning author based his juvenile Penrod stories, in part, upon his own experiences growing up in Indianapolis. First serialized… Read More »Penrod
Polly Of Pogue’s Run A one-act play by William Oscar Bates, set in the office of Governor Oliver P. Morton, Polly Of Pogue’s Run… Read More »Polly Of Pogue’s Run
James Whitcomb Riley (Oct. 7, 1849-July 22, 1916). Born in the small town of Greenfield, Indiana, Riley was once regarded as America’s most-loved… Read More »James Whitcomb Riley
Spectator Sport Written by Gosport, Indiana, native James Alexander Thom, Spectator Sport focuses on the rain-shortened, crash-marred 1973 and the deaths of… Read More »Spectator Sport
Frances (Fanny) Van de Grift Stevenson (Mar. 10, 1840-Feb. 18, 1914). Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, an Indianapolis native, attended the Third Ward School and the… Read More »Frances (Fanny) Van de Grift Stevenson
Berry Robinson Sulgrove (Mar. 16, 1827-Feb. 20, 1890). Berry Robinson Sulgrove was born in Indianapolis. The son of James and Catherine Sulgrove, he… Read More »Berry Robinson Sulgrove
Newton Booth Tarkington (July 29, 1869-May 19, 1946). A novelist who was only one of four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for… Read More »Newton Booth Tarkington
Aaron Belford Thompson (Apr. 5, 1873-Jan. 26, 1929). Aaron Belford Thompson was born in Rossmoyne, Ohio, to John Henry and Clara Jane Thompson,… Read More »Aaron Belford Thompson
Emma Lou Thornbrough (Jan. 24, 1913-Dec. 19, 1994). A life-long civil-rights activist, a professor of history at from 1946 until her retirement in… Read More »Emma Lou Thornbrough
Turtles All The Way Down John Green, an award-winning author of young adult fiction from Indianapolis, published his seventh book, Turtles All the Way Down,… Read More »Turtles All The Way Down