Born	(1951-01-04) January 4, 1951 (age 73) Indianapolis, Indiana
Occupation	Writer professor
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States of America
Education	B.A.: DePauw University, M.F.A. Bowling Green State University
Notable works	In the House of Blue Lights, Invention of Flight
Notable awards	Richard Sullivan Prize, Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction
Spouse	Ken Neville
Website
www.susan-neville.com
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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.^[1] 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 Caroline.^[2]

She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana.^[3]

Awards

• Two National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships for Creative Writing (1978 and 1988)^[4]
• Richard Sullivan prize for In the House of Blue Lights
• 1984 Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction for The Invention of Flight^[5]
• Winner of the 2019 Catherine Doctorow Prize for Innovative Fiction from Fiction Collective 2 for The Town of Whispering Dolls^[6]
• Winner of the 2022 Indiana Authors Award for Fiction for The Town of Whispering Dolls^[7]

Works

Short story collections

• The Invention of Flight, University of Georgia Press, 1984, ISBN 9780820307060
• In the House of Blue Lights, University of Notre Dame Press, 1998, ISBN 9780268011833
• The Town of Whispering Dolls, University of Alabama: Fiction Collective Two, 2020, ISBN 9781573661850

Nonfiction

• Indiana Winter, Indiana University Press, 1994, ISBN 9780253208798
• Falling Toward Grace: Images of Religion and Culture, Indiana University Press, 1998, ISBN 0253334535
• Twilight in Arcadia: Tobacco Farming in Indiana, Indiana Historical Society, 2000, ISBN 0871951444
• Fabrication: Essays on Making Things and Making Meaning, MacMurray & Beck, 2001, ISBN 1878448080
• Iconography: A Writer's Meditation, Indiana University Press, 2003, ISBN 9780253343222
• Sailing the Inland Sea, Quarry Books, 2007, ISBN 9780253348678
• Butler's Big Dance: The Team, The Tournament, and Basketball Fever, Indiana University Press, November 22, 2010, ISBN 978-0253223128

Essays & stories online

• "Mystic vs. Maniac", O, the Oprah Magazine, May 2007, retrieved November 4, 2012
• "On Memoir", Essay Daily, December 1, 2016
• "Light", Image Journal
• "On Poetry and Music", Indiana Humanities, April 24, 2020

• "Grotto", Diagram, May 2016
• "Game Night", The Collagist, September 2016
• "Hunger", The Missouri Review, February 23, 2018