Local Authors and Artists

Do you want to read a book written by a local author?  Perhaps you want to listen to music sung by a local singer. There are over 60 creators of different types of media who were born, lived, were raised, or are currently living in Logan County or close to it!  Search the table below for your next adventure!

First Name Last name Creator Local connection Title Shelf section Call number Library location
Rick Niece Author Lived in Degraff The Band Plays On: Going Home for a Music Man's Encore #2 (Fanfare for a Hometown Series) Nonfiction 921 N665
  • Knowlton Library
  • West Liberty Branch
Rick Niece Author Lived in Degraff Perfect in Memory: a son's Tribute to his Mother #3 (Fanfare for a Hometown Series) Nonfiction 921 N665
  • DeGraff Branch
  • Knowlton Library
Rick Niece Author Lived in Degraff Side-Yard Superhero: Life Lessons from an Unlikely Superhero #1 (Fanfare for a Hometown Series) Nonfiction 921 N665
  • DeGraff Branch
  • Knowlton Library
  • West Liberty Branch
  • West Mansfield Branch
Donn Patt Author Lived in West Liberty General George H. Thomas: A Critical Biography Nonfiction G 921 T456 Thomas
  • Knowlton Library
Norman Peale Author/illustrator Graduated from Bellefontaine Why Some Positive Thinkers Get Powerful Results Nonfiction 158.1 P358
  • Knowlton Library
Norman Peale Author Graduated from Bellefontaine My Favorite Bible Passages Nonfiction 220.5203 P582
  • Knowlton Library
Norman Peale Author Graduated from Bellefontaine The power of Positive Thinking Nonfiction 248.4 P358
  • Knowlton Library
Norman Peale Author Graduated from Bellefontaine My Christmas Treasury Nonfiction 242.33 M995
  • Knowlton Library
Donn Piatt Author Lived in West Liberty Sunday meditations and selected prose sketches Nonfiction 814.4 P583
  • Knowlton Library
Donn Piatt Author Lived in West Liberty General George H. Thomas: A Critical Biography Nonfiction 811.4 P584
  • Knowlton Library
Donn Piatt Author Lived in West Liberty Poems and plays Nonfiction 811.4 P583
  • Knowlton Library
Kate Piatt-Eckert Author Lived in West Liberty The Cabinet of Curiosities at Mac-A-Cheek Nonfiction G 977.1463357 C115
  • West Liberty Branch
Kate Piatt-Eckert Author Lived in West Liberty The Cabinet of Curiosities at Mac-A-Cheek Nonfiction G 977.1463357 C115
  • Knowlton Library
Kyle Prue Author Graduated Indian Lake The Sparks Fiction YA P971
  • Knowlton Library
Kyle Prue Author Graduated Indian Lake The flames Fiction YA P971
  • Knowlton Library
Ashley A. (Admire) Quinn Author Lives in Bellefontaine Smoky Mountain baby Fiction F Q7
  • Knowlton Library
Ashley A. (Admire) Quinn Author Lives in Bellefontaine Smoky Mountain Murder Fiction F Q7
  • Knowlton Library
David (Fleming) Ray Author Lives in Bellefontaine Charlie Blue Berry Fipple Berry Fiction JF F597
  • Knowlton Library
David (Fleming) Ray Author Lives in Bellefontaine The Doppelgang̨ers: Beginnings #1 Fiction F R361 FANTASY
  • Knowlton Library
M.L. (Monica Hill) Reighven Author Lives in Bellefontaine The Blood Blade Fiction F R361 FANTASY
  • Knowlton Library
Bethny Ricks Author Lives in West Liberty Face forward: Reclaiming hope when everything falls apart Nonfiction 234.23 R539
  • Knowlton Library
Joseph (Joe) Roberts Author Lives near Rushsylvania My Father Harry Nonfiction 921 R644 Roberts
  • Knowlton Library
  • Rushsylvania Branch
Janet Schlabach Author Lives in Logan County It's My War Too! Fiction YA Sch388
  • West Liberty Branch
Janet Schlabach Author Lives in Logan County The Rings of Freedom Fiction F Sch388
  • West Liberty Branch
Janet Schlabach Author Lives in Logan County Garden Tapestry Fiction F Sch388
  • West Liberty Branch