Susan Neville

Susan Neville (born January 4, 1951, in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a short story writer, essayist and professor, known for her work exploring Indiana and the Midwest.

Life She graduated from DePauw University in 1973. In 1976, she graduated from Bowling Green State University with an M.F.A. She taught at St. Petersburg Junior College, Ball State University, and Indiana University East. She teaches at Butler University and the Warren Wilson Program for Writers in North Carolina.

She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Awards Two National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships for Creative Writing (1978 and 1988) Richard Sullivan prize for In the House of Blue Lights 1984 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction for The Invention of Flight Winner of the 2019 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction from Fiction Collective 2 for The Town of Whispering Dolls Winner of the 2022 Indiana Authors Award for Fiction for The Town of Whispering Dolls Winner of the 2024 Indiana Authors Award for Lifetime Achievement

Works

Short story collections

Nonfiction

Essays & stories online