Ohio Author Profiles
Ohio has a rich literary heritage as well as some wonderful contemporary authors. Learn more about them here! You can sort by various categories and see who has participated in our annual book festival by using the category search on the left, or search by keyword (including partial author names) by using the search field on the right.
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Linda Gondosch
A former language arts teacher and Northern Kentucky University instructor, Linda Gondosch has written numerous books for children, including picture books, early chapter books, middle grade fiction and nonfiction published by Lerner Publishing Group, Random House, and others. Who Needs a Bratty Brother? won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award. Also, How Did Tea and Taxes Spark a Revolution? was named an Honor Book by the Society of School Librarians International. Gondosch earned a BS in Education from Ohio University and a Master of Education from Northern Kentucky University. She has spoken at over 200 schools and libraries about books and the writing process.
Many of Gondosch’s books were inspired by her own childhood in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as by the adventures of her four children who were raised in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Today Gondosch lives with her husband in Hebron, KY, near Cincinnati. They enjoy traveling throughout the U.S. and Europe, visiting historic sites. After seeing the Mission of San Francisco, Gondosch was inspired to write her book, Junípero Serra: Founder of the California Missions.
Gwen Goodkin
Gwen Goodkin is the author of the short story collection, ‘A Place Remote.’ She has twice been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has won the Folio Editor’s Prize for Fiction as well as the John Steinbeck Award for Fiction. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.
Roger Gordon
The Miracle of Richfield: The Story of the 1975-76 Cleveland Cavaliers is Roger Gordon’s fifth book and his second on the Cavaliers. His Tales from the Cleveland Cavaliers: The Rookie Season of LeBron James was published in 2004. Prior to that, he published books about the Cleveland Browns and one on the Cincinnati Bengals. Gordon lives in North Canton, Ohio.
Barry Gott
Barry Gott grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where he drew his first books on paint can labels from his dad’s paint factory. After upgrading to real paper he developed a love of humor and cartoons, which led first to a B.F.A. in Painting from Bowling Green State University, followed by a career writing and designing humorous greeting cards for American Greetings. Since 1999 he has illustrated dozens of children’s books and in 2018 his first book as author/illustrator, Honk! Splat! Vroom! was published by Lerner Books. Barry lives in South Euclid with his wife, kids, and an ever-increasing number of small animals.
Jacob Grant
Jacob Grant is the author and illustrator of Bear’s Scare, Through With the Zoo, Cat Knit, Little Bird’s Bad Word, and other picture books. Originally from Ohio, Jacob now lives in Chicago with his patient wife and two less-than-patient children. When not trying to wrangle these little forces of nature, you’ll most likely find him drawing, painting and writing in his home studio, until something feels story-ish.
Kelley Grant
Kelley Grant grew up in the hills around Sugarcreek, Ohio. She graduated from Otterbein College with a B.A. in English and college honors. She and her husband now live near Columbus, Ohio on a wooded hilltop with five cats and a dog. She has published the Desert Rising epic fantasy trilogy with Harper Voyager Publishers. Besides writing, Kelley teaches yoga and meditation, sings kirtan with her husband, and designs brochures and media.
Linda Lee Greene
Linda Lee Greene was born in the farmhouse bedroom of her maternal grandparents located on the rim of the famous star-wound in Peebles, Ohio, known the world over as the Great Serpent Mound Crater. Mother and grandmother, Greene resides in Columbus, Ohio. In 2000, Greene wrote Jesus Gandhi Oma Mae Adams, a manuscript that evolved into a co-authorship with Debra Shiveley Welch and became an Amazon best-seller. Greene has written two additional books in the Oma Mae Adams series as well as the novel Guardians and Other Angels.
Rebecca Greenfield
REBECCA GREENFIELD is the author of RAW Inner Workings of a Reawakened Soul, RAW Reawakened Soul Study Guide, The Prayer Crossing Personal Devotional: A 28-Day Guide to Quality Time with God and The Prayer Crossing Event Workbook. After earning her bachelors in Nuclear Medicine Technology, she followed God’s call into ministry and obtained her Masters in Theological Studies. She is blessed to pursue both of her passions, science and theology, by working in nuclear medicine and at Lifeline Christian Mission. One of her deepest desires is to create spaces and places where people can experience the presence of God and be enveloped in His love. Aside from God, nothing brings her more joy than spending time with her wonderful husband, family, and friends. Connect with Rebecca at http://www.Rebecca-Greenfield.com
Robert Greer
Robert Greer is author of the CJ Floyd mystery series and medical thrillers. He has also published a short story collection, Isolation and
Other Stories. His book, a literary novel entitled SPOON, won The Colorado Book Award in Literary Fiction and The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Media of the Year Award and won a gold medal for Best Regional Fiction/West-Mountain from the Independent Book Publishers Association, and was a finalist for both the SPUR Award for Best Western Short Novel and the High Plains Best Fiction Book
Award. Greer lives in Denver, where he is a practicing surgical pathologist, research scientist, and Professor of Medicine, Pathology, and Surgery at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. Greer’s award winning short stories have appeared in numerous national literary magazines and two short story anthologies showcasing western fiction. He is founding editor of the nationally acclaimed High Plains Literary Review. In 1983 a Greer-led research group was the first in the world to report a link between smokeless tobacco use, oral infection with the human papillomavirus and cancer of the oral cavity. In addition to writing, medicine, and his molecular biological research, Greer reviews books for Denver National Public Radio affiliate, KUVO, and he owns a cattle ranch in the Laramie River Valley in Wyoming. More of Robert may be found on his website: http://www.robertgreerbooks.com/.
Megan E. Griffiths
Megan E. Griffiths is an adjunct professor in the department of Biological Science at Kent State University. Over the past two decades, Dr. Griffiths has studied plant-plant interactions with particular focus on understanding the mechanisms by which disturbance and competition impact plant communities.