Past Ohioana Book Awards for Fiction
Past winners of the annual Ohioana Book Award for Fiction, providing recognition and encouragement to Ohio authors for
outstanding books published each year.
Year |
Honoree |
Book
|
County |
2008
|
Olmstead, Robert
|
Coal Black Horse
|
Delaware
|
2007
|
Avery, Ellis
|
The Teahouse Fire
|
Franklin
|
2006
|
Cunningham, Michael
|
Specimen Days
|
Hamilton
|
2005
|
Doerr, Anthony
|
About Grace
|
Geauga
|
2004
|
Morrison, Toni
|
Love
|
Lorain
|
2003
|
Doerr, Anthony
|
The Shell Collector
|
Cuyahoga
|
2002
|
Chaon, Dan
|
Among the Missing
|
Cuyahoga
|
2001
|
George, Elizabeth
|
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner
|
Trumbull
|
2000
|
Paul, Terri
|
Glass Hearts
|
Montgomery
|
1999
|
Morrison, Toni
|
Paradise
|
Lorain
|
1998
|
Pierce, Constance
|
Hope Mills
|
Butler
|
1997
|
McGraw, Erin
|
Lies of the Saints
|
Hamilton
|
1996
|
Arthur, Elizabeth
|
Antarctic Navigation
|
Butler
|
1995
|
Gilfillan, Merrill, Jr.
|
Sworn Before Cranes
|
Morrow
|
1994
|
Frucht, Abby
|
Are You Mine?
|
Lorain
|
1993
|
Horowitz, Eve
|
Plain Jane
|
Cuyahoga
|
1992
|
Sloan, Kay
|
Worry Beads
|
Hamilton
|
1991
|
Zafris, Nancy
|
The People I Know
|
Montgomery
|
1990
|
Abbott, Lee K., Jr.
|
Dreams of Distant Lives
|
Franklin
|
1989
|
Boyle, Kay
|
Life Being the Best and Other Stories
|
Hamilton
|
1988
|
Robertson, Don
|
The Ideal, Genuine Man
|
Cuyahoga
|
1987
|
Dell, George
|
The Earth Abideth
|
Butler
|
1986
|
Nissenson, Hugh
|
The Tree of Life
|
not an Ohioan
|
1986
|
Pelletier, Nancy
|
The Rearrangement
|
Washington
|
1985
|
Skimin, Robert
|
Chikara!
|
Medina
|
1984
|
Hawley, Richard A.
|
The Headmaster's Papers
|
Cuyahoga
|
1983
|
Santmyer, Helen Hooven
|
...And Ladies of the Club
|
Hamilton/Greene
|
1982
|
Berger, Thomas
|
Reinhart's Women
|
Hamilton
|
1981
|
Rosenblum, Helen Faye
|
Minerva's Turn
|
Washington
|
1980
|
Hill, Ruth Beebe
|
Hanta Yo: An American Saga
|
Cuyahoga
|
1979
|
Guild, Nicholas
|
The Summer Soldier
|
Franklin
|
1978
|
Jakes, John
|
The American Bicentennial Series (Vol.I-VIII) [stored in box]
|
Montgomery
|
1975
|
Morrison, Toni
|
Sula
|
Lorain
|
1973
|
Green, Hannah
|
The Dead of the House
|
Hamilton
|
1970
|
Fish, Robert L.
|
The Xavier Affair
|
Cuyahoga
|
1969
|
McConkey, James
|
Crossroads
|
Cuyahoga
|
1968
|
Plagemann, Bentz
|
The Heart of Silence
|
Clark
|
1967
|
Harrington, William
|
Yoshar the Soldier
|
Washington
|
1966
|
Knebel, Fletcher
|
The Night of Camp David
|
Montgomery
|
1965
|
Matthews, Jack
|
Bitter Knowledge
|
Athens
|
1964
|
Johnson, Josephine W.
|
The Dark Traveler
|
Hamilton
|
1963
|
Haydn, Hiram
|
The Hands of Esau
|
Cuyahoga
|
1962
|
DeCapite, Raymond
|
A Lost King
|
Cuyahoga
|
1961
|
Sinclair, Jo
|
Anna Teller
|
Cuyahoga
|
1960
|
Taylor, Peter
|
Happy Families Are All Alike
|
Knox/Franklin
|
1959
|
Chamberlain, Anne
|
The Darkest Bough
|
Washington
|
1958
|
Locke, Charles O.
|
The Hell Bent Kid
|
Seneca
|
1957
|
Gold, Herbert
|
The Man Who Was Not With It
|
Cuyahoga
|
1956
|
Sinclair, Jo
|
The Changelings
|
Cuyahoga
|
1955
|
Young, Agatha
|
Clown of the Gods
|
Cuyahoga
|
1953
|
Ellis, William D.
|
The Bounty Lands
|
Cuyahoga
|
1952
|
Fridley, William
|
A Time to Go Home
|
Allen
|
1952
|
McConnaughey, Susanne
|
Point Venus
|
Montgomery
|
1950
|
Marshall, Robert Kossuth
|
Little Squire Jim
|
Delaware
|
1950
|
Deasy, Mary Margaret
|
Cannon Hill (Honorable Mention)
|
Hamilton
|
1949
|
Scott, Virgil
|
The Hickory Stick
|
Franklin/Cuyahoga
|
1948
|
Freitag, George
|
The Lost Land
|
Stark
|
1948
|
Hannum, Alberta P.
|
Roseanna McCoy (Honorable Mention)
|
Delaware
|
1947
|
Diebold, Janet Hart
|
Mandrake Root
|
Hamilton
|
1947
|
Sinclair, Jo
|
Wasteland
|
Cuyahoga
|
1946
|
Roberts, Dorothy James
|
A Durable Fire
|
Washington
|
1946
|
Burnett, W. R.
|
Tomorrow is Another Day (Honorable Mention)
|
Clark/Franklin
|
1946
|
Southard, Ruth
|
No Sad Songs For Me (Honorable Mention)
|
Lucas
|
1945
|
Buckmaster, Henrietta
|
Deep River
|
Cuyahoga
|
1945
|
Carr, Robert Spencer
|
Bells of St. Ivan's (2nd Place)
|
Franklin
|
1945
|
DeCapite, Michael
|
No Bright Banner (3rd Place)
|
Cuyahoga
|
1944
|
Steward, Ann
|
Take Nothing for Your Journey
|
Hamilton
|
1943
|
Freeman, Martin Joseph
|
Bitter Honey
|
Hardin
|
1943
|
Williams, Ben Ames
|
Time of Peace (Honorable Mention)
|
Jackson
|
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