—Program on Hiatus—
The Children's Writer-in-Residence Program is currently on indefinite hiatus, and no timeline has been set yet for its return. We will post any updated information here as soon as it is available. To see our current children's programs, click here.
Children’s Writer-in-Residence Program
Every year, we offer one talented, emerging middle grade author a month-long residency in the furnished third-floor apartment of Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. The Children’s Writer-in-Residence has time to focus on his/her own writing project and spends up to ten hours per week teaching children the joys of writing at Thurber House’s Summer Writing Camp as well as at other local community organizations.
Applications are currently closed for the Children’s Writer-in-Residence Program.
If you have any questions about the Children’s Writer-in-Residence Program, please contact Meg Brown at megbrown@thurberhouse.org.
Past Children's Writers-in-Residence
2019: Marika McCoola
2018: Pablo Cartaya
2016: Lou Anders
2015: Crystal Allen
2014: Kristen Kittscher
2013: Jane Kelley
2012: Donna Gephart
2011: Alan Gratz
2010: Keith McGowan
2009: Hope Anita Smith
2008: Alan Silberberg
2007: Lisa Yee
2006: Sam Swope
2005: Shelley Pearsall
2004: Laurie Miller Hornik
2003: Natasha Tarpley
2002: Kathryn Hewitt
2001: Deborah Wiles
