| By Place: | |
| Arkansas City | Kill Creek Township |
| Ashland | Lawrence |
| Cimarron | Macksville |
| Coffeyville | Manhattan |
| Colby | Nemaha County |
| Downs | Oswego |
| Emporia | Oz |
| Fort Scott | Salina |
| Girard | Sherman County |
| Holcomb | Sterling |
| Hutchinson | Topeka |
| Independence | Wellington |
| Junction City | Wichita |
| Kansas City area | |
See also: KS Fictional Towns KS Literature Overview |
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By Author: |
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Carol Ascher, Topeka |
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Thomas Fox Averill, Topeka |
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Julene Bair, Sherman County |
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L. Frank Baum, Oz |
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| Gwendolyn Brooks, Topeka | |
| Truman Capote, Holcomb | |
| Edna Walker Chandler, Macksville | |
| Maxine Clair, Kansas City | |
| Don Coldsmith, Emporia | |
| Bruce Cutler, Wichita | |
| Frank Marshall Davis, Arkansas City | |
Robert Day, Kansas City area |
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| Edythe Draper, Oswego | |
| Harley Elliott, Salina | |
| Amy Fleury, Nemaha County | |
| Marcet & Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, Girard |
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| Steven Hind, Hutchinson | |
| Jonathan Holden, Manhattan | |
| Helen Rhoda Hoopes, Lawrence | |
| Langston Hughes, Lawrence | |
| William Inge, Independence | |
| John Ise, Downs | |
| Richard W. Jennings, Kansas City area | |
| Eva Jessye, Coffeyville | |
| Ronald Johnson, Ashland | |
| Meridel LeSueur, Fort Scott | |
| Denise Low, Lawrence | |
| Margaret Hill McCarter, Topeka | |
| Laura Moriarty, Lawrence | |
| Gordon Parks, Fort Scott | |
| Joseph Stanley Pennell, Junction City | |
| Nancy Pickard, Kansas City area | |
| Kenneth Porter, Sterling | |
| Kevin Rabas, Emporia | |
Howard Ruede, Kill Creek Township |
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| Julia Ferguson Siebel, Colby | |
| William Sheldon, Hutchinson | |
| William Stafford, Hutchinson | |
| Debra Stufflebean, Topeka | |
| Earl Thompson, Wichita | |
| May Williams Ward, Wellington | |
| Paul Wellman, Cimarron | |
| William Allen White, Emporia | |
| Edgar Wolfe, Lawrence | |
| Max Yoho, Topeka | |
| Kevin Young, Topeka | |
| Center for Kansas Studies | |
