Frank Conroy

Frank Conroy

male, deceased (2005)
Midair, Haverford College, Time and Tide A Walk Through Nantucket, Partisan Review, the new yorker, National Book Award…Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Frank Conroy (January 15, 1936 - April 6, 2005) was an American author, born in New York, New York. He published five books, including the highly...
Marilynne Robinson

Marilynne Robinson

female, 62 years old
University of Washington alumni, The Death of Adam Essays on Modern Thought, The New York Times Book Review, From Idaho, Iowa writer, PEN/Hemingway Award…From Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa faculty, University of Iowa
Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. She was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke...
Paul Engle

Paul Engle

male, deceased (1991)
Iowa City, University of Iowa, poet, novelist, Nobel Peace Prize, Academic…Iowa Writers' Workshop
Paul Engle (October 12, 1908-1991) was a noted American poet, writer, editor, and novelist. He is perhaps best remembered as the long-time director...
Marvin Bell

Marvin Bell

male, 72 years old
University of Chicago, University of Iowa, poet, American, alfred university, Iowa Writers' Workshop
Marvin Bell (born 1937) is an American poet. He wrote notable books of poems called "The Book of the Dead Man" and "Ardor: The Book of the Dead...
Ethan Canin

Ethan Canin

male, 49 years old (Iowa City, Iowa, United States)
University of Iowa, residency Univ California Sf School of Medicine, internist, writing, internal medicine, Harvard Medical School 1992…Iowa Writers' Workshop
Ethan Andrew Canin (born July 19, 1960 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) is an American author. The title story of his collection of short stories "The...
Lan Samantha Chang

Lan Samantha Chang

female, 44 years old
novelist, chinese, American, Harvard University, Yale Daily News, short stories…Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Author Lan Samantha Chang was born and raised in Appleton, Wis. She attended Yale, Harvard, the University of Iowa, and Stanford University. Her...
Ann Patchett

Ann Patchett

female, 45 years old
memoirist, Tennessee writer, Sarah Lawrence College alumni, University of Iowa alumni, Nashville Banner, Guggenheim Fellowship…Iowa Writers' Workshop
Ann Patchett (born December 2, 1963) is an American author. She received the Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2002 for her...
Lucy Grealy

Lucy Grealy

female, deceased (2002)
Sarah Lawrence College, Iowa Writers' Workshop, memoirist, OxyContin, Oxycodone, Ewing's Sarcoma
Lucinda Margaret Grealy was a poet and memoirist who wrote "Autobiography of a Face" (1994). This critically acclaimed book describes her childhood...
James Alan McPherson

James Alan McPherson

male, 66 years old
Harvard Law School alumni, Savannah, University of California, Santa Cruz, MacArthur Fellowship, The Best American Essays, MacArthur Fellows Program…Writers' Workshop, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
James Alan McPherson (born September 16, 1943 in Savannah, Georgia) is a United States short story writer and essayist, and a recipient of the...
Thisbe Nissen

Thisbe Nissen

female
upper east side, Hunter College High School, Columbia University, How Other People Make Love, Iowa Young Writers' Workshop, Out of the Girls' Room and into the Night…Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa
Thisbe Nissen (1972-) is an American author. Originally from New York City, Nissen has lived in Iowa for the last eleven years. Among her works are...