Ann Hagedorn’s latest book, Savage Peace, is a dramatic account of America in the watershed year of 1919. Based on declassified FBI and Military Intelligence records, Savage Peace tells of an America deeply divided over the issues of domestic spying, free speech, immigration and U.S. intervention abroad.

Ann Hagedorn received an Ohioana Library Association award in 2004 for Beyond the River, and no less a figure than the late Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. (himself an Ohioan), praised the book for both its narration and scholarship. Ann is also the author of Wild Ride: The Rise and Fall of Calumet Farm, Inc. (1994), and Ransom: The Untold Story of International Kidnapping (1998).

Using the skills of a teacher and a writer, Hagedorn’s book shows readers the importance of truly learning from history. As Nick Clooney of the Cincinnati Post says, “Why in the world would anyone read fiction when there are people like Ann Hagedorn out there telling us true stories that beggar anything the imagination can produce?”

The recipient of many awards and a contributor to some of the most respected newspapers and magazines in this country, sought after as a teacher, lecturer and commentator for programs like National Public Radio’s All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, and the Tavis Smiley Show, Ann Hagedorn is also a resident of Ripley, Ohio.

The nonfiction book award is sponsored by Huntington Bank.

Ann Hagedorn Website