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The most famous author from every state

October 6, 20240
Maine native Stephen King has set almost all of his novels in his home state.

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  • Business Insider identified the most famous author born in every state.
  • To determine the list, we considered ubiquity, literal acclaim, and financial success.
  • An author earned bonus points for setting their work in their home state.

First, we scoured coast to coast to find

Taylor won the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 1987 for his novel “A Summons to Memphis.”

He died in 1994.

 

TEXAS: Katherine Anne Porter
Katherine Anne Porter.

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Saying Katherine Anne Porter lived a hard life would be an understatement; her mother died when Porter was 2 years old and her father became neglectful, so she was raised primarily by her grandmother, per The New York Times. She married young and was a victim of domestic violence.

She almost died — twice — from two different pandemics, and endured poverty and infertility. Many of her hardships are evident in her writing, which often explores human fallibility.

The Indian Creek native wrote a short story collection, “Flowering Judas and Other Stories,” in 1935. She later won a Pulitzer Prize in 1966 for “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter.”

She also wrote a novel, “Ship of Fools,” which was later turned into a film of the same name starring Vivien Leigh in her last on-screen role, according to