The most famous author from every state

Harper Lee, the writer of the seminal "To Kill a Mockingbird," was calved and raised successful Monroeville, the inspiration for her classical novel's fictional municipality of Maycomb. The Monroe County Courthouse, wherever Lee watched her begetter signifier instrumentality arsenic a child, present operates arsenic a museum.

The University of Alabama alum lived successful Monroeville until her decease successful 2016, conscionable a abbreviated thrust from the Mockingbird Grill and Radley's Fountain Grille, named aft the quality Boo Radley.

Velma Wallis is simply a autochthonal Alaskan. Born successful a distant colony adjacent Fort Yukon, she dropped retired of schoolhouse astatine property 13 to help rise her 12 siblings aft their father's death. Wallis aboriginal earned her GED and moved to a cabin, wherever she practiced her hunting and trapping skills for implicit a decade.

She wrote and published her archetypal book, "Two Old Women," successful 1993, and it became a word-of-mouth bestseller. Based connected an Athabascan fable passed down from Wallis' mother, the publication has sold implicit 1.5 cardinal copies.

Since then, Wallis has written different books, similar "Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun" and "Raising Ourselves," for which she won an American Book Award successful 2003. 

Jeannette Walls' 2005 memoir "The Glass Castle" examines her conflict arsenic a kid and young big to flooded poorness and go self-sufficient. Her dysfunctional household were nomads of the Southwest, but the archetypal spot she remembers surviving is simply a tiny trailer parkland successful Arizona.

Her memoir was turned into a movie successful 2017 starring Brie Larson.

Walls' astir caller book, "Hang the Moon," was published successful 2023 and focuses connected young women surviving successful Virginia during Prohibition.

John Grisham has written dozens of books crossed his career, opening with 1989's "A Time to Kill," which was aboriginal turned into a movie starring Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, and Matthew McConaughey successful 1996.

While helium grew up successful Mississippi and adjacent served successful the Mississippi House of Representatives, this lawyer turned maestro of the ineligible thriller genre was calved successful Jonesboro, Arkansas.

He branched retired by penning "A Painted House" successful 2001, a coming-of-age communicative inspired by his upbringing connected a workplace successful Arkansas.

Other books by Grisham you whitethorn beryllium acquainted with are "The Firm," "The Pelican Brief," "The Client," and "Skipping Christmas" (which was adapted into the movie "Christmas with the Kranks").

Even though he's 70, Grisham has shown nary signs of slowing down. His adjacent caller is expected successful October 2025 and is called "The Widow." It's a departure from his accustomed fare — alternatively of a ineligible thriller, it's his first-ever enigma novel.

A California native, Joan Didion was a legendary novelist and essayist. She died successful 2021.

She began her vocation penning for Vogue successful New York City successful the 1950s, but soon returned to her location authorities of California.

She authored 5 novels and 11 books of nonfiction passim her decadeslong career. Many of her books — similar 1968's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem." 1970's "Play It As It Lays," and 2003's "Where I Was From" — picture California beingness and civilization astatine the clip they were written. 

Didion won the National Book Award for her 2005 memoir, "The Year of Magical Thinking," which she wrote pursuing the decease of her husband. 

Considered a founding begetter of 1960s counterculture, Ken Kesey was calved successful La Junta, Colorado, the lad of dairy farmers. His enactment promoted cause usage arsenic a way to idiosyncratic liberation.

Two of his best-known novels — "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," which was adapted into a movie of the aforesaid sanction and won 5 Academy Awards, and "Sometimes a Great Notion" — were some acceptable successful Oregon, wherever helium was raised.

Kesey died successful 2001.

The eminent abolitionist writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, calved successful 1811, grew up successful Litchfield, Connecticut — and successful 1896, she died successful Hartford, conscionable 32 miles away.

In her aboriginal years, she returned to Hartford, wherever she wrote immoderate of her best-known works different than 1852's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" — "The American Woman's Home" and "Poganuc People" — and helped found the Hartford Art School, which aboriginal became the University of Hartford.

Born successful Delaware, Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the archetypal Black pistillate to get a aesculapian grade successful the United States, according to the Office of Research connected Women's Health.

Though small is known astir her idiosyncratic life, Dr. Crumpler authored a publication of aesculapian proposal for women and children successful 1883, "A Book of Medical Discourses," based connected her tract notes.

In the historical book, Dr. Crumpler recounts: "It whitethorn beryllium good to authorities present that, having been reared by a benignant aunt successful Pennsylvania, whose usefulness with the sick was continually sought, I aboriginal conceived a liking for, and sought each accidental to relieve the sufferings of others."

She died successful 1895 astatine the property of 64.

Chabon was calved successful the Georgetown vicinity of Washington, DC, and began penning his archetypal caller close aft graduating from the University of Pittsburgh, finishing it earlier getting his MFA from UC Irvine.

Since then, he's published aggregate novels, astir famously 2000's "The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay," which won the Pulitzer Prize successful fiction.

He's besides been progressive successful TV shows — helium was the co-creator of the 2019 Netflix miniseries "Unbelievable" and the Paramount+ bid "Star Trek: Picard."

Sunshine State-grown Carl Hiaasen is simply a New York Times best-selling writer and a maestro of the enigma thriller and children's genres.

He graduated from the University of Florida successful 1974 and started penning for The Miami Herald erstwhile helium was 23 years old. He wrote a file for the paper until 2021.

His astir fashionable books, including "Hoot," "Flush," "Tourist Season," "Skin Tight," "Strip Tease," and "Skinny Dip," instrumentality spot successful Florida. Most recently, his 2013 publication "Bad Monkey"  (also acceptable successful Florida) was adapted into an AppleTV+ bid starring Vince Vaughn. It's besides been renewed for a play two.

Novelist, essayist, and writer Alice Walker was calved successful Putnam County, Georgia, successful 1944 and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.

Her 3rd novel, "The Color Purple," depicted the beingness and narration of 2 sisters successful agrarian Georgia and was released to instant, cosmopolitan acclaim. It was aboriginal made into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg successful 1985, a signifier philharmonic successful 2005, and past a philharmonic movie successful 2023.

In 1983, Walker became the archetypal Black pistillate to triumph a Pulitzer Prize for fiction, winning for "The Color Purple."

Since then, she has published galore different books, essays, and poems, including "The Third Life of Grange Copeland" and "Meridian."

Kaui Hart Hemmings was calved and raised connected the Hawaiian land of O'ahu and inactive lives there. Her debut novel, 2007's "The Descendants," tells the communicative of a dysfunctional household surviving successful Hawaii dealing with the impending decease of its matriarch aft a pitchy skiing crash.

The publication was adapted into a 2011 movie of the aforesaid sanction starring George Clooney.

A kid of the frontier, this Annis, Idaho, autochthonal is champion known for the publication "Children of God." He besides wrote a usher to Idaho and the 12-part "Testament of Man" bid successful a compartment that helium built overlooking the Thousand Springs area.

Fisher's gritty relationship of trappers successful the fur commercialized era, "Mountain Men," was made into a 1972 movie starring Robert Redford, titled "Jeremiah Johnson" — though, sadly, helium didn't unrecorded to spot it. He died successful 1968.

Ernest Hemingway, champion known for his 1952 caller "The Old Man and the Sea," recovered his passionateness for penning successful the upscale Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, wherever helium was born. In precocious school, helium wrote for the school's paper and yearbook. After graduating successful 1917, helium near Illinois to study for The Kansas City Star.

His different astir well-known works are 1926's "The Sun Also Rises," 1929's "A Farewell to Arms," and 1940's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

He died successful 1961.

The Ernest Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park operates a depository successful his puerility home.

Many of Kurt Vonnegut's works — though not his signature 1969 caller "Slaughterhouse-Five" — usage his birthplace of Indianapolis arsenic a awesome of American values, oregon incorporate astatine slightest 1 quality from Indy.

In 1986, during a sojourn to North Central High School, helium said, "All my jokes are Indianapolis. All my attitudes are Indianapolis. My adenoids are Indianapolis. If I ever severed myself from Indianapolis, I would beryllium retired of business. What radical similar astir maine is Indianapolis," per Indiana History.

Vonnegut died successful 2007.

Before question and past writer Bill Bryson changeable to fame successful the UK, wherever helium present lives, helium was Des Moines' hometown boy. He attended Drake University for 2 years and wrote astir his 1950s Middle America upbringing successful his 2006 memoir "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid."

Fellow Hoosier and erstwhile President Herbert Hoover features prominently successful Bryson's 2013 book, "One Summer: America, 1927."

Bryson is besides known for his 2003 publication "A Short History of Nearly Everything" and his 1997 publication "A Walk successful the Woods: Rediscovering America connected the Appalachian Trail," which was adapted into the 2015 movie of the aforesaid sanction starring Robert Redford arsenic Bryson.

In 2020, Bryson told Times Radio that helium was retiring from writing, according to The Guardian, though helium released an audiobook successful 2022 called "The Secret History of Christmas."

Perhaps champion known for his Academy Award-winning screenplay for the 1961 movie "Splendor successful the Grass," Inge channeled his Kansas pridefulness into his 2 novels: 1970's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" and 1971's "My Son Is a Splendid Driver," some of which take spot successful the fictional municipality of Freedom, Kansas.

His hometown of Independence fostered his creativity. As a boy, Inge cherished the tight-knit assemblage and enjoyed seeing apical artists execute arsenic they passed done connected their mode to Kansas City. He besides attended the University of Kansas astatine Lawrence, which present has a achromatic container theater named aft him.

When creating this list, Kansas was a pugnacious call, similar astir of the Midwest states, arsenic the excavation of notable authors was small. We went with Inge — a playwright by commercialized — due to the fact that of his staunch authorities pride.

Inge died successful 1973.

Hunter S. Thompson, a Louisville native, wrote astir a twelve books and is credited arsenic the laminitis of gonzo journalism, a benignant of first-person reporting that is devoid of objectivity.

He catapulted into fame with the seminal sports nonfiction "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved," primitively published successful June 1970. Thompson pitched the Louisville-based communicative to Scanlan's Monthly conscionable 72 hours earlier the race, and rapidly recovered himself submerged successful the spectators' lewd celebrations, according to Grantland.

After the article, Thompson went connected to constitute his best-known book, "Fear and Loathing successful Las Vegas," successful 1971.

Thompson died successful 2005.

Born and raised successful New Orleans, Anne Rice brought the metropolis to beingness successful her Gothic fiction. The French Quarter provides a mounting for "Interview with the Vampire," and her location successful the Garden District served arsenic the fictional location of her characters successful the "Lives of the Mayfair Witches" series.

By the extremity of 2025, determination volition beryllium 3 adaptations of Rice's enactment airing connected TV: "Interview with the Vampire," which premiered successful 2022, "Mayfair Witches," which premiered successful 2023, and "Talamasca: The Secret Order," which volition premiere successful autumn 2025. It's each portion of the interconnected "Anne Rice's Immortal Universe." A 4th series, an adaptation of her caller "The Queen of the Damned," has besides been greenlit.

Rice died successful 2021, and her mausoleum is unfastened to the nationalist astatine a cemetery successful New Orleans, per Atlas Obscura.

Stephen King is the quintessential Maine author. He was calved successful Portland, graduated from the University of Maine astatine Orono, and lived successful Bangor for decades. He present lives successful Florida.

King's fictional Maine topography provides a backdrop for astir each of his novels, including "Carrie," "It," "The Dead Zone," "Insomnia," "'Salem's Lot," and others — though not his astir celebrated work, "The Shining."

King's 66th book, "Never Flinch," is acceptable to beryllium published successful May 2025.

Tom Clancy, who was calved and raised successful Baltimore, wrote 19 novels passim his career. They mostly focused connected the fictional super-CIA expert Jack Ryan. His 1989 publication "Clear and Present Danger" was the best-selling publication of the twelvemonth it was released, The Washington Post reported.

His books person been adapted into aggregate movies and TV shows, and Ryan has been played by stars specified arsenic Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, Chris Pine, John Krasinski, and Alec Baldwin.

Clancy ever had pridefulness successful his hometown and was adjacent a number proprietor of the Baltimore Orioles. After his decease successful 2013, the squad wore memorial patches the full season.

Silver Spring autochthonal and romance novelist Nora Roberts was besides successful contention for this spot.

Born William Edward Burghardt Du Bois successful Great Barrington, Massachusetts, successful 1868, W.E.B. Du Bois was a preeminent sociologist, essayist, civilian rights activist, and cofounder of the NAACP.

According to the History Channel, Du Bois was an aboriginal proponent of utilizing information to lick societal issues successful the Black community.

After graduating from Harvard University, Du Bois published his groundbreaking book, "The Souls of Black Folk," successful 1903.

A postulation of sociological essays detailing the Black American experience, "The Souls of Black Folk" besides introduced the mentation of "double consciousness" and has go required speechmaking successful galore courses astir the US.

Du Bois died successful August 1963, the time earlier the March connected Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.'s celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech.

This bestselling writer recovered inspiration successful the economical turmoil of Detroit for his archetypal novel, "The Virgin Suicides."

The Motor City native told NPR successful 2009, "That full feeling of increasing up successful Detroit, successful a metropolis losing population, and successful perpetual situation truly was the temper that made maine constitute 'The Virgin Suicides' successful the archetypal place."

His 2002 Pulitzer Prize-winning caller "Middlesex" is besides chiefly acceptable successful Michigan.

F. Scott Fitzgerald was calved and raised connected a tree-lined thoroughfare successful St. Paul's Ramsey Hill neighborhood. In his writing, Fitzgerald painted himself arsenic coming from thing when, successful reality, the household lived successful an upscale luxury apartment, per Minnesota Public Radio.

Fitzgerald's first penning to look successful print was a detective communicative successful St. Paul Academy's paper erstwhile helium was 13 years old.

In his astir celebrated work, "The Great Gatsby," the main character, Nick Carraway, was based chiefly connected Fitzgerald himself — some were from Minnesota, attended Ivy League colleges, and past moved to New York to find themselves.

Fitzgerald died successful 1940 nether the content that his enactment would soon beryllium forgotten — "Gatsby" didn't go fashionable until it was distributed to soldiers during World War II.

Oxford, Mississippi, is the eventual literate destination for fans of William Faulkner. He was reared, schooled, made famous, and buried there, and loved Lafayette County truthful profoundly that helium created his ain fictitious region based connected it.

He told the Paris Review, "I discovered that my ain small postage stamp of autochthonal ungraded was worthy penning astir and that I would ne'er unrecorded agelong capable to exhaust it."

Indeed, astir each of Faulker's novels, including 1929's "The Sound and the Fury" and 1930's "As I Lay Dying," are acceptable successful the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

Faulkner died successful 1962 successful his location state.

Poet, singer, and memoirist Maya Angelou was calved successful St. Louis.

Angelou was besides a civilian rights activist, moving with Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.

Her astir acclaimed work, "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," was published successful 1969 and is simply a memoir of her traumatic aboriginal beingness and the improvement of her emotion for literature. Angelou was besides a prolific poet, penning wide quoted lines successful poems similar "On the Pulse of Morning" and "Phenomenal Woman."

Angelou received an honorary National Book Award successful 2013 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom successful 2010 earlier her decease successful 2014.

Born and raised successful Helena, Meloy has written books for kids and adults, astir famously the 2003 caller "Liars and Saints" and the 2017 caller "Do Not Be Alarmed."

The Harvard College grad is simply a predominant contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Times, and has been dubbed "the archetypal large American realist of the 21st century" successful a reappraisal of her enactment by The Boston Globe.

Sparks was calved successful Omaha to a concern prof and an optometrist's adjunct — that's why, adjacent though his enactment is astir associated with North Carolina, he's representing Nebraska.

He wrote his archetypal caller the summertime aft his freshman twelvemonth astatine Notre Dame and, though the caller went unpublished, it was the opening of a slow-going (at first) vocation successful writing.

He wrote his archetypal bestseller, "The Notebook," astatine property 24 successful 1996. It spent implicit a twelvemonth connected the hardcover bestseller list.

Sparks has been an incredibly prolific author, penning a caller publication astir each year, galore of which person been made into films, including "A Walk to Remember," "The Lucky One," "Safe Haven," "Nights successful Rodanthe," "The Last Song," and "Message successful a Bottle."

Relatively caller to the publication industry, Bock, who was calved and raised successful Las Vegas, wrote his debut caller "Beautiful Children" successful 2008. It was named the aforesaid twelvemonth to The New York Times' Notable Book of the Year list.

Bock's parents were pawnbrokers, and his upbringing with them, arsenic good arsenic his puerility successful Las Vegas, was a immense power connected the novel.

His latest book, "I Will Do Better: A Father's Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love," which is astir his beingness with his girl aft his wife's death, was released successful October 2024.

Brown grew up connected the field of Phillips Exeter Academy successful Exeter, wherever his begetter taught mathematics and wherever Brown himself yet attended, Parade reported.

Growing up Episcopalian, Brown doubted religion from a young age, which led to themes of conspiracy and spiritual skepticism that are recovered successful galore of Brown's books, similar his astir celebrated work, the 2003 novel, "The Da Vinci Code."

After graduating from Amherst College, Brown concisely pursued a vocation arsenic a musician, adjacent signaling a fewer CDs, earlier quitting his teaching occupation to constitute afloat time.

The Newark-born writer acceptable galore of his books successful his hometown, including his past novel, "Nemesis," successful summation to his astir well-known works specified arsenic 1997's "American Pastoral," 1969's "Portnoy's Complaint," and 2004's "The Plot Against America."

The Jewish assemblage successful which helium grew up became a immense power connected galore of his books, including the relationships betwixt household members oregon the disagreement betwixt Jews and non-Jews wherever helium was raised.

Roth died successful 2018.

Anaya came from a household of cattle workers and sheepherders successful the tiny municipality of Pastura.

"We were each poor, and had the curanderas — the healers — that helped," Anaya said successful a 2016 interrogation with The Las Cruces Sun-News. "We had the vaqueros, the cowboys, who came successful and retired of the village. On Saturday evenings, my dada would instrumentality retired a guitar, and idiosyncratic would bring beer, and my dada would sing immoderate of the aged New Mexico songs." He added that each of that "crawled into [his] DNA."

At property 14, helium and his household moved to Albuquerque.

His archetypal novel, 1972's "Bless Me, Ultima," was palmy — but arguable — upon publication, and led to Anaya becoming 1 of the founding fathers of the Chicano lit movement. It was acceptable successful the New Mexico municipality of Guadalupe.

Anaya died successful 2020.

James Baldwin's enactment weaves tales of "Black people's aspirations, disappointments, and coping strategies successful a hostile society," according to the Poetry Foundation.

Baldwin, a New York City autochthonal and acclaimed novelist and essayist, was adored by critics for some his penning benignant and substance, and helium penned now-classics similar "If Beale Street Could Talk" and "Go Tell It On The Mountain."

Baldwin moved to Paris successful 1948, wherever helium lived for the remainder of his life. On his move, helium told The New York Times, "Once I recovered myself connected the different broadside of the ocean, I could spot wherever I came from precise clearly, and I could spot that I carried myself, which is my home, with me. You tin ne'er flight that. I americium the grandson of a slave, and I americium a writer. I indispensable woody with both."

Baldwin died successful 1987.

Born and raised successful Asheville, North Carolina, Wolfe was recognized astatine a young property for his genius and enrolled astatine UNC Chapel Hill astatine property 15.

After completing further studies successful playwriting astatine Harvard, Wolfe went connected to constitute not lone galore plays, but immoderate lengthy novels arsenic well, including "Look Homeward, Angel," a enactment of fabrication based connected his beingness successful Asheville.

While the publication was a immense success, it was met with contention backmost home, arsenic much than 200 characters were based connected existent Asheville residents, including his ain family, according to the Thomas Wolfe Memorial. The outcry was truthful atrocious that it led to Wolfe exiling himself from Asheville for astir a decennary earlier returning location again.

Wolfe died successful 1938.

Born Louis Dearborn LaMoore successful 1908, the North Dakota autochthonal grew up successful Jamestown, a medium-sized workplace community, with a veterinarian father. L'Amour heard tales of the Great American Frontier from his uncles and his grandfather, who lived done the Civil and Indian wars.

Hearing these tales impressed L'Amour, who went connected to constitute his "American Tradition" novels similar "The Walking Drum" and "To the Far Blue Mountains."

He died successful 1988. As The New York Times noted, astatine the clip of his death, "all 101 of Mr. L'Amour's books — 86 novels, 14 short-story collections and 1 full-length enactment of nonfiction," were successful print, making him 1 of the astir prolific authors of each time.

Born successful Lorain, Ohio, iconic novelist Toni Morrison studied astatine Howard and Cornell Universities earlier moving arsenic a publishing exertion for galore years. Morrison was 39 erstwhile her archetypal novel, "The Bluest Eye," was published successful 1970 to captious acclaim.

However, it was her 3rd novel, 1987's "Beloved," that made her a literate star. 

Throughout her career, Morrison won respective awards for her work, including the Pulitzer Prize for fabrication successful 1988 for "Beloved."

Morrison died successful 2019.

Ralph Ellison is champion known for his 1952 caller "Invisible Man," astir a Black assemblage successful the South successful which a antheral searches for his identity.

Before his penning vocation took off, though, Ellison near his location of Oklahoma City to prosecute euphony astatine the Tuskegee Institute. It wasn't until Langston Hughes introduced Ellison to Richard Wright that Ellison was encouraged to instrumentality up writing.

"Invisible Man" was the lone caller published by Ellison successful his lifetime, making him 1 of the astir celebrated literary one-hit wonders.

Ellison died successful 1994.

Even though Cleary's Oregon hometown, Yamhill, was truthful tiny it didn't person a library, she developed a emotion of books aboriginal on. Once she got to school, the schoolhouse librarians suggested she constitute children's books for a living, and Cleary made that her eventual goal.

She published her archetypal book, "Henry Huggins," successful 1950. The "Henry Huggins" bid lasted done 1964.

After that came her astir celebrated series: The "Ramona" series, which began successful 1955 and ended successful 1999, including books specified arsenic "Beezus and Ramona," "Ramona Quimby, Age 8," and "Ramona Forever."

Cleary died successful 2021 astatine the property of 104.

Pennsylvania autochthonal John Updike is 1 of lone 4 writers to triumph the Pulitzer Prize for fabrication much than once: successful 1981 for "Rabbit Is Rich" and successful 1990 for "Rabbit astatine Rest." His books are known for their cautiously crafted depictions of the American mediate class.

He besides wrote "The Witches of Eastwick," which was turned into the fashionable 1987 movie starring Cher and Jack Nicholson, and its 2008 sequel, "The Widows of Eastwick."

Updike died successful 2009.

McCarthy's works are intimately tied to the South, but the Southern Gothic writer was really calved successful Providence.

McCarthy's household moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, erstwhile helium was a child, and his begetter worked determination arsenic a lawyer.

McCarthy was 32 erstwhile his archetypal book, "The Orchard Keeper," was published successful 1965. Over the adjacent 57 years, McCarthy wrote semi-regularly. His different works see 1992's "All the Pretty Horses," 2005's "No Country for Old Men," and 2006's "The Road."

McCarthy died successful 2023.

Peggy Parish brought her beloved kids' publication quality Amelia Bedelia, a housekeeper who interpreted her employers' instructions literally, to beingness aft spending years teaching simple school and discovering what children similar to read, according to Harper Collins.

Parish grew up and attended schoolhouse successful South Carolina but taught for galore years astatine a New York simple schoolhouse earlier returning to her hometown of Manning. Her celebrated publication bid conscionable celebrated its 60th day successful 2023.

Parish died successful 1988, but Amelia Bedelia lived connected done her nephew, Herman, who wrote "Amelia Bedelia" books for decades aft his aunt's death. He died successful 2024. 

Growing up, the Pulitzer Prize victor said helium was considered "a daydreamer and rubbernecker," but those perceived weaknesses yet became strengths erstwhile helium decided to go a writer.

"They are prerequisites for writers. To travel your obsessions, which are astir apt your weaknesses, is simply a strength. Hard workers go large writers," helium told The Dallas Morning News successful 2018.

Johnson's best-known works are the 2003 caller "Parasites Like Us" and the 2012 caller "The Orphan Master's Son," which is what earned him the Pulitzer Prize.

South Dakota was different hard authorities to capable — different authors, similar Laura Ingalls Wilder, called South Dakota location astatine 1 clip oregon another, but were not calved there.

Peter Matthew Hillsman Taylor, a modern of  Robert Penn Warren, Katherine Anne Porter, and Jean Stafford, grew up successful Tennessee and was named for his father, Matthew Hillsman Taylor, an lawyer and Vanderbilt alum, according to The New York Times.

Taylor aboriginal went by Peter Taylor professionally, dropping the Matthew Hillsman; each of his works were written nether the sanction Peter Taylor.

Taylor won the Pulitzer Prize successful fabrication successful 1987 for his caller "A Summons to Memphis."

He died successful 1994.

It's hard to overstate Hoover's interaction connected the publishing industry. She puts retired bestsellers astatine an astonishing rate: She's released 26 books and sold implicit 20 cardinal copies, per The New York Times. She was besides named 1 of Time's Most Influential People successful 2023.

Not that her vocation has been without controversy, but it doesn't look to person affected Hoover's popularity. She's go a marque of her ain and has multiple movie adaptations of her novels acceptable aft the container bureau occurrence of "It Ends With Us" … adjacent though the behind-the-scenes drama astir derailed the full thing.

Hoover was calved and raised successful Texas, and inactive lives successful her hometown of Saltillo, with a fewer of her books being acceptable successful East Texas.

Though Savage is champion known for his Montana-based novels, specified arsenic 1967's "The Power of the Dog," the Wild West writer was really calved successful Salt Lake City, according to his 2003 obituary successful the Los Angeles Times. 

He followed his parent to a Montana ranch erstwhile she remarried, and determination gained his inspiration for galore of his books.

His past publication earlier his death, "The Corner of Rife and Pacific," follows the joys and sorrows of a household successful the small, fictional Montana municipality of Grayling.

"The Power of the Dog" was turned into a movie successful 2021 starring Benedict Cumberbatch. It was nominated for 12 Oscars, including champion picture, winning 1 for champion director.

Hill was calved and raised successful Burlington and remained successful the Northeast for college, wherever helium attended Dartmouth. A foremost authorization connected the Green Mountain State, Hill spent galore years arsenic the exertion of Vermont Life magazine, during which clip helium besides authored respective Vermont-centric books, including 'The Winooski," according to his 1987 obituary successful The New York Times.

It was peculiarly hard to way down Vermont-born authors. Poet Robert Frost wrote successful and astir the authorities but was calved successful San Francisco, and Rudyard Kipling wrote "The Jungle Book" portion surviving successful Brattleboro, but was calved successful India.

Though Willa Cather is mostly known for penning astir frontier life, she was calved successful Virginia. Known for her books similar "O Pioneers!," "My Antonia," and the Pulitzer Prize victor "One of Ours," Cather paved her mode arsenic a preeminent writer of modernist fabrication focusing connected the Great Plains of the US.

She died successful 1947.

Debbie Macomber, who was calved successful Yakima, Washington, is simply a palmy romance novelist with over 200 titles presently successful print.

According to her website, she is simply a No. 1 New York Times-bestselling author, and galore of her books person been turned into Hallmark movies. She is champion known for her "Cedar Cove" series, which was adapted into Hallmark's archetypal scripted bid and aired from 2013 to 2015. It starred Andie MacDowell.

Born successful West Virginia, writer Mary Lee Settle was champion known for her critically acclaimed "Beulah Quintet" series, which was humanities fabrication that focused connected events from Cromwell-era England to 20th-century West Virginia.

Settle besides won the National Book Award for her 1978 caller "Blood Tie," and she established the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction conscionable 2 years later.

She died successful 2005.

Ingalls Wilder, whose household moved from authorities to authorities similar nomads for overmuch of her life, was calved successful the "big woods" of Wisconsin, wherever her 1935 children's classical "Little House connected the Prairie" was yet set.

Other books from her "Little House" bid were besides based connected the places she'd lived — Kansas, South Dakota, Missouri — and each but 1 of her books were nominated for the prestigious Newbery Medal for exceptional children's literature, though she ne'er really won.

Ingalls Wilder died successful 1957.

Born successful Cheyenne, MacLachlan carried a spot of prairie ungraded with her wherever she went to punctual herself of her hometown (Cheyenne, Wyoming) until her decease successful 2022, according to her Amazon bio.

Lauded for her beloved children's books that archer stories of location and family, similar 1985's "Sarah, Plain and Tall" and 1993's "Baby," MacLachlan was ever fascinated by children's preoccupation with and attachment to definite places.