Margaret McMullan, a University of Evansville professor of creative writing and the author of six novels, has won the top prize in the 2011 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award program. This annual award recognizes the contributions of Hoosier authors to the literary landscape in Indiana and across the nation.
McMullan won the National Author category, which recognizes a writer who has Indiana ties but whose work is known and read throughout the country. The award includes a $10,000 prize.
“I am so honored to be named this year’s national recipient of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award,” McMullan said. “I moved to Indiana about 21 years ago to teach at the University of Evansville, and I’ve grown to love this state, its people, and its strong literary heritage. I feel privileged and humbled to be a part of it.”
This spring, nominations for the Indiana Authors Award were submitted in the categories of National Author, Regional Author, and Emerging Author. From the pool of nominees, McMullan was selected as the National Author award winner by a 10-member, statewide award panel.
McMullan will be honored at the Indiana Authors Award dinner on October 29 in Indianapolis. She also will serve as the keynote speaker.
The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award is a program of the Indianapolis Public Library Foundation and is funded through the Glick Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
To learn more about the Indiana Authors Award, please visit www.indianaauthorsaward.org.
