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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Patti Flinn

Patti Flinn is an author of contemporary fiction, romance, and historical fiction from Columbus, Ohio. Flinn’s varied titles reflect her love of all fiction and include: The List (suspense), The Diva of Peddler’s Creek (romantic comedy), Glorious Sunset (edgy inspirational romance), Alaya and Her Sparkling River (children’s), the Ivyhurst series (romantic comedy), and the Véronique Clair series (historical fiction).…Read More
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Amanda Flower

Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and two-time Agatha Award-winning author of over fifty mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she had been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World.…Read More
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Jeffery Ford

Jeffrey Ford (well-builtcity.com) was born on Long Island in New York State in 1955 and grew up in the town of West Islip. He studied fiction writing with John Gardner at S.U.N.Y Binghamton and has been a college English teacher of writing and literature for thirty years. He is the author of eight novels including The Portrait of Mrs.…Read More
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Lynette Ford

Lynette (Lyn) Ford shares "Home-Fried Tales," adaptations of folktales "from many places and many faces," as well as her own original stories and personal narratives. Lyn's rhythmic, interactive storytelling style encourages language and literacy skills, creative writing, and an appreciation for the oral tradition among all types of learners. Lyn's storytelling is rooted in her family's multicultural Affrilachian oral traditions, her research and interest in heritage and folklore, and her own love of stories.…Read More

Lori Foster

Lori Foster, a popular and prolific author, Foster has produced more than seventy novels since her first book was published in 1996. She writes romantic novels as Lori Foster, and in recent years has also branched out into the genre of urban fantasy under the name L.L. Foster. Her 2008 book Hard to Handle reached #2 on the New York Times best-seller list.…Read More
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Shelby Frasher

S. Frasher (also Eliza Beth) is a fantasy romance author from SW Ohio that loves morally grey MMCs, enemies to lovers, and forced proximity.Read More
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Abigail Fredelake

As the daughter of an Army Colonel, Abigail spent her childhood in a variety of cities and countries. But over the years spent abroad, her family kept strong ties to Ohio and frequently visited relatives in Columbus. Abigail attended Auburn University, and moved to Columbus after graduating in 2007. For the past 9 years Abigail has been the owner and editor of The Scout Guide Columbus.…Read More
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Siaara Freeman

Siaara Freeman is from Cleveland Ohio, where she is the current Lake Erie Siren & a teaching artist for Center For Arts Inspired Learning and The Sisterhood Project in conjunction with the Anisfieldwolf Foundation. She is a 2021 Premier Playwright fellow recipient with Cleveland Public Theater. She is a 2020 WateringHole Manuscript fellow, a 2018 winter tangerine chapbook fellow and a 2018 Poetry Foundation incubator fellow.…Read More
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Jessica Fries-Gaither

Jessica Fries-Gaither is an award-winning author of books for children and teachers. Her writing introduces readers to the wonder of the natural world and the work of scientists, past and present. Her first children's book, Notable Notebooks: Scientists and Their Writings, was named an Outstanding Science Trade Book for Students K-12 by NSTA and the Children's Book Council and was read aboard the International Space Station by astronaut Joseph Acaba as part of the Story Time From Space program.…Read More
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Ellen Fritz

Ellen Fritz is a retired teacher and high school counselor. Over the years of teaching reading and English to students in grades seven through twelve before becoming a counselor, she had the great opportunity to discuss numerous favorite books with students and also took their recommendations for her own reading. She finally found herself with the time to give life to the stories that have always been patiently waiting in her head for an audience.…Read More