Cleveland Books, Writers, Poets, and Literature
The Greater Cleveland area has been and is home to a variety of novelists, writers, and poets -- from Lorain native and Pulitzer Prize winner, Toni Morrison to 50s "Beat" poet d a levy. Learn more about their lives and work.
Ken Gradomski -- Profile of Ken Gradomski
Ken Gradomski is a Northeast Ohio-based graphic artist and photographer as well as part-time contributor to About.com Cleveland.
Ken Gradomski is a Northeast Ohio-based graphic artist and photographer as well as part-time contributor to About.com Cleveland.
One on One with Les Roberts
Les Roberts is the author of more than 20 novels as well as a non-fiction memoir about Cleveland. I had the chance to talk with him about his latest book, "The King of the Holly Hop."
Les Roberts is the author of more than 20 novels as well as a non-fiction memoir about Cleveland. I had the chance to talk with him about his latest book, "The King of the Holly Hop."
Don of the Dead by Casey Daniels
Playful, crisp, and enjoyable, this first novel, featuring Pepper Martin -- a cemetery guide who sees "dead people" is a fun cozy mystery.
Playful, crisp, and enjoyable, this first novel, featuring Pepper Martin -- a cemetery guide who sees "dead people" is a fun cozy mystery.
Books by Northeast Ohio Writers
Northeast Ohio has a rich history of writing excellence. Explore these books by area authors, from Pulitzer Prize-winning Toni Morrison to hometown mystery writer, Les Roberts.
Northeast Ohio has a rich history of writing excellence. Explore these books by area authors, from Pulitzer Prize-winning Toni Morrison to hometown mystery writer, Les Roberts.
Louis Bromfield Books
Louis Bromfield, a native of Mansfield, was a best-selling novelist in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition, he was a decorated World War I hero, a friend to Hollywood's most famous stars including Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall who got married at his Mansfield Farm, and an early champion of organic and self-sustaining farming. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, "Early Autumn".
Louis Bromfield, a native of Mansfield, was a best-selling novelist in the 1930s and 1940s. In addition, he was a decorated World War I hero, a friend to Hollywood's most famous stars including Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall who got married at his Mansfield Farm, and an early champion of organic and self-sustaining farming. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel, "Early Autumn".
Sherwood Anderson Books
Sherwood Anderson, born in Clyde Ohio, chronicled small town American life, particularly in Ohio. He lived in Cleveland and Elyria during his long life, married four times, wrote nine novels and collections of stories, and hobnobbed with Hemmingway, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His stories are have depth, yet retain a certain Midwestern naivety.
Sherwood Anderson, born in Clyde Ohio, chronicled small town American life, particularly in Ohio. He lived in Cleveland and Elyria during his long life, married four times, wrote nine novels and collections of stories, and hobnobbed with Hemmingway, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His stories are have depth, yet retain a certain Midwestern naivety.
d a levy Books
d a levy was Cleveland's contribution to the "Beat Generation". A poet, artist, and publisher, he was denounced as a drug cultist by the "Plain Dealer" and prosecuted (unsuccessfully) on obscenity charges. He ended his life just after his 26th birthday in 1963, but his poetry endures.
d a levy was Cleveland's contribution to the "Beat Generation". A poet, artist, and publisher, he was denounced as a drug cultist by the "Plain Dealer" and prosecuted (unsuccessfully) on obscenity charges. He ended his life just after his 26th birthday in 1963, but his poetry endures.
John Bellamy - Cleveland True Crime Tales
John Stark Bellamy, has been called the "Edgar Allen Poe" of Cleveland. His books relate real crime tales taken from periods throughout Cleveland's history. They feature such prominent Clevelanders as Eliot Ness and such infamous murderer cases as the "Torso Murders."
John Stark Bellamy, has been called the "Edgar Allen Poe" of Cleveland. His books relate real crime tales taken from periods throughout Cleveland's history. They feature such prominent Clevelanders as Eliot Ness and such infamous murderer cases as the "Torso Murders."
Toni Morrison Books
Toni Morrison was born and raised in Lorain Ohio. She went on to seven moving novels, about growing up and living black in America. Her themes, however, are universal -- ones to which all Americas can relate. Many of her books are set in Ohio. Ms. Morrison has received the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Nobel Prize for literature. She currently a professor at Princeton University as well as founder and sponsor of the "Princeton Atelier" students arts workshop.
Toni Morrison was born and raised in Lorain Ohio. She went on to seven moving novels, about growing up and living black in America. Her themes, however, are universal -- ones to which all Americas can relate. Many of her books are set in Ohio. Ms. Morrison has received the Pulitzer Prize as well as the Nobel Prize for literature. She currently a professor at Princeton University as well as founder and sponsor of the "Princeton Atelier" students arts workshop.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison, born in Lorain Ohio, has become one of the leading voices of contemporary black Americans, and indeed all Americans. She has been award the Nobel Prize in literature as well as the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Toni Morrison, born in Lorain Ohio, has become one of the leading voices of contemporary black Americans, and indeed all Americans. She has been award the Nobel Prize in literature as well as the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Les Roberts Novels
Les Roberts is a Cleveland Heights-based writer, best known for his thirteen detective novels, featuring protagonist, Milan Jacovich. The novels are particularly fun for Clevelanders because of the liberal sprinkling of references to Cleveland and the surrounding area.
Les Roberts is a Cleveland Heights-based writer, best known for his thirteen detective novels, featuring protagonist, Milan Jacovich. The novels are particularly fun for Clevelanders because of the liberal sprinkling of references to Cleveland and the surrounding area.
Les Roberts
Les Roberts is the author of 22 novels, including 13 mystery novels, featuring Cleveland detective, Milan Jacovich. The Jacovich novels, which include "Deep Shaker", "Lake Effect", and "Full Cleveland", are particularly interesting to Cleveland residents, because they feature cameos by locals celebrities as well as many of the city's landmarks.
Les Roberts is the author of 22 novels, including 13 mystery novels, featuring Cleveland detective, Milan Jacovich. The Jacovich novels, which include "Deep Shaker", "Lake Effect", and "Full Cleveland", are particularly interesting to Cleveland residents, because they feature cameos by locals celebrities as well as many of the city's landmarks.