INDIANAPOLIS — Four authors with Indiana ties were celebrated as winners of the 2018 Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award on October 13 during the Indiana Authors Award Dinner at Central Library. The Indiana Authors Award is a program of The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation funded through The Glick Fund, a fund of Central Indiana Community Foundation.
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley of Fort Wayne was recognized as the $10,000 National Author Winner. Her 16 books for young readers include The War That Saved My Life, a Newbery Honor Medalist. Indianapolis native Sandy Eisenberg Sasso was named the $7,500 Regional Author Winner. The $5,000 Emerging Author Award was presented to Fort Wayne native Deborah E. Kennedy. Additionally, Owen County resident and recipient of the first Indiana Authors Award in 2009, James Alexander Thom, received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Thom’s carefully researched novels have sold more than two million copies. His most recent book, Fire in the Water, is about the sinking of the steamboat Sultana during the Civil War.
In addition to a cash prize, each winner’s chosen Indiana public library will receive a $2,500 grant from The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. The Owen County Public Library, the Georgetown and Little Turtle branches of the Allen County Public Library, and the Nora Branch of The Indianapolis Marion County Public Library will receive grants.
