Writing Historical Fiction - with Barbara Shoup

Barbara Shoup is leading a historical fiction workshop at the Warren Branch of the Indianapolis Public Library on Monday, November 16, from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM. It's presented in partnership with the Indiana Writers Center.

Shoup is a working writer with a long list of credits to her name. She's written nine novels for adults and young adults, with An American Tune and About Grace being her most recent. She also wrote the memoir A Commotion in Your Heart. On the craft side, she co-authored Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process and Story Matters, and her short fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in a number of small magazines as well as The Writer and the travel section of The New York Times.

Her young adult novels Wish You Were Here and Stranded in Harmony were both selected as American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. Over the years, she's received grants from the Indiana Art Commission and 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. These days, she's the Writer-in-Residence at the Indiana Writers Center and a creative writing faculty member of Art Workshop International in Assisi, and she hosts the Substack newsletter Book Pilgrim.

If you've been working on a historical novel or just thinking about starting one, this is a good chance to get some direct input from someone who's spent years in the thick of it. The workshop runs from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM on Monday, November 16, at the Warren Branch, 9701 East 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46229.