2020 Shortlists - Indiana Authors Awards

Read Local

Congratulations to the 35 authors and books selected for the 2020 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Awards shortlists. These books were selected as the best books written by Indiana authors over the past two years. Add them to your reading list today!

2020 Shortlists

Crystal Allen

Mya in the Middle

Crystal Allen

Children’s

The Magnificent Mya Tibbs: Mya in the Middle

Read Bio

Granted book cover

John David Anderson

Children’s

Granted

Read Bio

Gabrielle Balkan

Book of Flight

Gabrielle Balkan

Children’s

Book of Flight

Read Bio

Skila Brown

Skila Brown

Children’s

Clackety Track: Poems about Trains

Read Bio

Troy Cummings

can I be your dog

Troy Cummings

Children’s

Can I Be Your Dog?

Read Bio

Helen Frost

Children’s

Hello, I’m Here!

Read Bio

Phillip Hoose

Phillip Hoose

Children’s

Attucks!: Oscar Robertson and the Basketball Team that Awakened a City

Read Bio

Michael Homoya, Shane Gibson and Gillian Harris

Children’s

Wake Up, Woods

Read Bio

Emerging

Katie Hesterman

A Round of Robins

Katie Hesterman

Emerging

A Round of Robins

Read Bio

Sofi Keren

Painted Over

Sofi Keren

Genre, Emerging

Painted Over

Read Bio

Lee Lovelace

Savonne, Not Vonny

Robin Lee Lovelace

Emerging

Savonne, Not Vonny

Read Bio

Chantel Massey

Bursting at the Seams

Chantel Massey

Emerging

Bursting at the Seams: A Collection of Poetry

Read Bio

Melissa Stephenson

Driven

Melissa Stephenson

Emerging

Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back

Read Bio

Annie Sullivan

Tiger Queen

Annie Sullivan

Emerging

Tiger Queen

Read Bio

Fiction

Brian Allen Carr

Opioid, Indiana

Brian Allen Carr

Fiction

Opioid, Indiana

Read Bio

Bryan Furuness

Do Not Go On

Bryan Furuness

Fiction

Do Not Go On

Read Bio

Brian leung

Ivy vs. Dogg

Brian Leung

Fiction

Ivy vs. Dogg: With a Cast of Thousands!

Read Bio

Michael Martone

the moon over wapakoneta

Michael Martone

Fiction

The Moon Over Wapakoneta: Fictions and Science Fictions from Indiana and Beyond

Read Bio

Chris White

The Life List of Adrian Mandrick

Chris White

Fiction

The Life List of Adrian Mandrick

Read Bio

Genre

Maurice Broaddus

Maurice Broaddus

Genre

Pimp My Airship

Read Bio

Sofi Keren

Painted Over

Sofi Keren

Genre, Emerging

Painted Over

Read Bio

Nate Powell

Come Again

Nate Powell

Genre

Come Again

Read Bio

Larry Sweazy

See Also Proof

Larry Sweazy

Genre

See Also Proof: A Marjorie Trumaine Mystery

Read Bio

Nonfiction

Axton Betz Hamilton

The Less People Know About Us

Axton Betz-Hamilton

Nonfiction

The Less People Know About Us: A Mystery of Betrayal, Family Secrets, and Stolen Identity

Read Bio

Robert Blaemire

Birch Bayh

Robert Blaemire

Nonfiction

Birch Bayh

Read Bio

Ross Gay

The Book of Delights

Ross Gay

Nonfiction

The Book of Delights

Read Bio

Nancy Kriplin

J. Irwin Miller

Nancy Kriplen

Nonfiction

J. Irwin Miller

Read Bio

Melissa Stephenson

Driven

Melissa Stephenson

Nonfiction

Driven: A White-Knuckled Ride to Heartbreak and Back

Read Bio

Bill Sullivan

Pleased to Meet Me

Bill Sullivan

Nonfiction

Pleased to Meet Me

Read Bio

Poetry

Lindsey Alexander

Rodeo in Reverse

Lindsey Alexander

Poetry

Rodeo in Reverse

Read Bio

Look Look Look

Callista Buchen

Poetry

Look Look Look

Read Bio

Debra Kang Dean

Totem: America

Debra Kang Dean

Poetry

Totem: America

Read Bio

Eugene Gloria

Sightseer in this Killing City

Eugene Gloria

Poetry

Sightseer in This Killing City

Read Bio

Kevin McKelvey

Dream Wilderness Poems

Kevin McKelvey

Poetry

Dream Wilderness Poems

Read Bio

Shari Wagner

Farm Wife's Almanac

Shari Wagner

Poetry

The Farm Wife’s Almanac

Read Bio

Young Adult

Sharon Biggs Waller

Girls on the Verge

Sharon Biggs Waller

Young Adult

Girls on the Verge

Read Bio

saundra mitchell

All the Things We Do in the Dark

Saundra Mitchell

Young Adult

All the Things We Do in the Dark

Read Bio

More Information

Buy the books from the Indiana Authors Awards list on Bookshop.org and support independent bookstores.

View the 2020 Indiana Authors Award winners.