Barbara Shoup is no stranger to
Northwest Indiana. Her roots are firmly planted here—family and memories of her
teen years at Morton High School. This October, she returns to the Region to
speak at the IWC Creative Writing Conference. Shoup is
the author of seven novels, with the eighth, Looking for Jack Kerouac, to
be released in August, 2014. Her fiction and nonfiction stories have been
published in numerous magazines and journals, including The Writer and The New York
Times travel section. She has co-authored two books on the craft of
writing, Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative
Process (2000) and Story Matters: Contemporary Short Story
Writers Share the Creative Process (2006).
Shoup is the recipient of numerous grants from the
Indiana Arts Council, two creative renewal grants from the Arts Council of
Indianapolis, the 2006 PEN Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Working Writer Fellowship
and the 2012 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Regional Indiana Author Award.
In addition to
Shoup’s many literary successes, she is also the executive director of the Indiana Writers Center in Indianapolis. The Center works to foster a vibrant
writing community in Indiana, providing education and enrichment opportunities
for both beginning and accomplished writers. Located in the Cultural Complex of
the Indianapolis Art Center in Broad Ripple, they offer a variety of classes
and workshops led by some of Indiana’s best writers. In addition, they host
literary events such as readings, open mics, critique groups, and the annual
Gathering of Writers to instruct, inspire, and connect writers throughout the
state.
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On October 12, the day after the conference, Barbara
Shoup—along with other conference presenters—will be at Barnes and Noble in
Valparaiso, Indiana for a book signing event. She will have copies of Looking for Jack Kerouac available for
purchase.
Indiana Writers’ Consortium encourages all
writers—new and accomplished—to register for the IWC Creative Writing Conference.
You will not want to miss hearing Barbara Shoup’s insights and the vast
experience she has to offer. See you there!
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