IWC Staff

Sarah K. Ginter

Executive Director

Sarah K. Ginter is the Executive Director of the Indiana Writers Center. Sarah began her work with the IWC in 2016 by teaching creative nonfiction writing workshops. She joined the staff as the Programs Manager in 2019. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Butler University, where she also worked as the Assistant to the Director of the MFA program and the Assistant to the Director of the Efroymson Center for Creative Writing. She also holds a BA in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from Indiana University Bloomington.

Sarah writes in multiple genres and is currently working on a new novel. When Sarah isn’t writing, she’s painting, reading, and cooking.

Interested in partnering on a project? Contact Sarah at sarah [@] indianawriters [dot] org.

Vega

Social Media Coordinator

Vega is the Social Media Coordinator for the Indiana Writers Center. They’re a recent graduate of English with a concentration in Creative Writing at Indiana University Indianapolis. During their tenure at Indiana University Indianapolis, they served as a Senior Editor on genesis literary & art magazine. She’s been a years-long social media user, but when she made a Bookstagram upon moving back to Indy to complete her BA, she fell in love with creating again.

Vega writes across multiple genres and is currently working on a nonfiction essay collection and a coming-of-age novel. When they aren’t writing, Vega is reading, going to concerts, and taking photos of perfect Indianapolis sunsets (which is every single one of them).

Barbara Shoup

James Powell Writer-in-Residence

Barbara Shoup is the author eight novels, including Night Watch, Wish You Were Here, Stranded in Harmony, Faithful Women, Vermeer’s Daughter, Everything You Want, An American Tune, and Looking for Jack Kerouac and the co-author of Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process and Story Matters. Her short fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous small magazines, as well as in The Writer and The New York Times Travel Section. Her young adult novels, Wish You Were Here and Stranded in Harmony were selected as American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. Vermeer’s Daughter was a School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Young Adults. She is the recipient of numerous grants from the Indiana Arts Commission, two creative renewal grants from 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.

Contact Barbara at barbarashoup [@] indianawriters [dot] org.

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