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    Best Columbus Authors & Writers of 2015

    Columbus is home to many writers, authors and poets, and in 2015 we decided to recognize their craft by surveying our readers about their favorite locals within that category of creatives. Our readers picked poet Amy Turn Sharp as their number one local writer. Turn Sharp is well known in the poetry and spoken word community — participating in and hosting events at Wild Goose, Brothers Drake and other popular performance spaces.

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    For more information, visit www.amyturnsharp.com.

    Top 10 Columbus Authors of 2015:

    1. Amy Turn Sharp
    2. Jeff Smith
    3. R.L. Stine
    4. Piper Kierman
    5. James Thurber
    6. Wil Haygood
    7. Wolfgang Parker
    8. Chiquita Mullins Lee
    9. Doug Motz
    10. Eric Wittenberg

    Note: Our “Best of 2015″ lists are published as the result of our annual reader survey/poll.

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