Category: Indiana University

• College Girl, Missing: The True Story of How a Young Woman Disappeared in Plain Sight

  

  14 years ago, Lauren Spierer, an over-served 20 year-old student at Indiana University who had been indulging in recreational drugs, walked out of her friend’s apartment building at 4 in the morning and disappeared, never to be seen again. She was barefoot, having left her shoes and cell phone at a bar. Her purse and…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 12, 2026

  #books, #BookTok, crime, Indiana University, Non-fiction, True Crime, Uncategorized

  #books, Book Review, book-reviews, Indiana University, Lauren Spierer, Non-fiction, Shawn Cohen, Sourcebooks, True Crime, writing

• Tune in Tomorrow to Hoosier History Live as I Discuss America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness

  

  If you have time, tune in tomorrow Saturday, October 23rd when I talk to host Nelson Price of Hoosier History Live about my new book America’s Femme Fatale: The Story of Serial Killer Belle Gunness. The show airs live from noon to 1 p.m. ET each Saturday on WICR 88.7 FM in Indianapolis. Or you…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  October 22, 2021

  Indiana, Indiana University, Murder, True Crime

  America's Femme Fatale, Belle Gunness, Chicago, LaPorte Indiana, Murder, murderess, mystery, Serial Killer, True Crime

• THE 17TH ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS

  

  American Book Fest has announced the winners and finalists of The 2020 Best Book Awards. Awards were presented for titles published in 2018-2020. Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of American Book Fest said this year’s contest yielded over 2,000 entries from mainstream and independent publishers. These were then narrowed down to over 400 winners and finalists in 90…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  March 28, 2021

  Animals, Architecture, Artists, Authors, Autobiography, Biography, Canines, Center Street Publishing, Cookbooks, Culture, Family, Female Voices, Fiction, Food, Food History, HarperCollins, Historic Architecture, History, Indiana University, Indiana University Press, Louise Nevelson, Penguin Random House, Photography, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Recipes, Science Fiction, self-help, Uncategorized

  American Book Fest, Book awards, Forge, HarperCollins, Independent publishing houses, John Wiley and Sons, NYU Press, Oxford Press, Penguin Random House, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Sounds True, The White House Historical Association

• THE 17TH ANNUAL BEST BOOK AWARDS ANNOUNCE 2020 AWARD RECIPIENTS

  Mainstream & Independent Titles Score Top Honors in the 17th Annual Best Book Awards  HarperCollins, Penguin/Random House, John Wiley and Sons, Routledge/Taylor and Francis, Forge, Sterling Publishing, Hay House, Sounds True, Llewellyn Worldwide, NYU Press, Oxford University Press, John Hopkins University Press, The White House Historical Association and hundreds of Independent Houses contribute to this…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  January 18, 2021

  American History, Architecture, Artists, Biography, Children’s books, Comedian, Cookbooks, Culture, Dogs, Fantasy, Female Voices, Fiction, Food, Gardening, History, Humor, Indiana University, Literary, Murder, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, self-help, Suspense, Thriller, Travel, True Crime, Women, Young Adult

  Best Book Awards

• Michael Koryta in Chicago to Talk About His New Book

  

  Michael Koryta, the New York Times-bestselling author of 12 suspense novels of including Those Who Wish Me Dead and Rise the Dark talks with writer Jane Simon Ammeson about his just released “How It Happened” (Little Brown 2018; $27). “How It Happened” starts off with the so chilling confession and then suddenly we’re wondering okay,…

  Jane Simon Ammeson

  May 22, 2018

  Anderson Bookshop Naperville, Author event, Authors, Bloomington, Indiana, Chicago, French Lick, Indiana, Indiana University, Little, Brown & Company, mystery, Suspense, Thriller, West Baden Resort