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, Iowawriter, PEN/Hemingway Award…From Iowa City, Iowa, Iowa Writers' Workshop, University of Iowa faculty, American women writer, MFA Program for Poets & Writer
Marilynne Robinson (born 1947) is an American author. She was born and grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, and did her undergraduate work at Pembroke...
Wallace Stegner

Wallace Stegner

male, deceased (1993)
University of Utah alumni, novelist, California writer, Historian of the Latter Day Saint movement, American, environmentalist…Utah writer, Iowawriter
Wallace Earle Stegner was an American historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist. Some call him "The Dean of Western Writers."
Peter Hedges

Peter Hedges

male, 47 years old
novelist, movie of the same title, mime artist, Best Adapted Screenplay, improvisational theatre, Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay…Iowawriter, From Des Moines, Iowa
Peter Hedges (born July 6, 1962) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and film director. Hedges grew up in West Des Moines, Iowa, and attended...
Robert Coover

Robert Coover

male, 77 years old
tax resister, University of Chicago, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, From Providence, Rhode Island, Iowawriter, magic realism…Rhode Island writer, Short story writer
Robert Coover (born February 4, 1932) is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally...
Dow Mossman

Dow Mossman

male
University of Iowa, The Stones of Summer, Popular Library, Iowawriter, Iowa Writers' Workshop, From Cedar Rapids, Iowa…University of Iowa alumni, writer
Dow Mossman, born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American writer. Mossman studied at Coe College for two years, finished college at the University of...
Bill Bryson

Bill Bryson

male, 57 years old
William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, American non-fiction outdoors writer, English non-fiction outdoors writer, English, Order of the British Empire, Iowawriter…From Des Moines, Iowa, Science writer, Travel writer, Non-fiction outdoors writer
William McGuire "Bill" Bryson, OBE, (born December 8,1951) is a best-selling American-born author of humorous books on travel, as well as books on...
Ted Kooser

Ted Kooser

male, 70 years old
American Poet Laureate, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry winner, Nebraska writer, a small man, Insurance man, sweet…Iowawriter, From Ames, Iowa, BS at Iowa State University, Iowa State University
Ted Kooser ('62 English and speech) has elevated Iowa State University's prominence in the literary arts more than any other graduate in the...
Michael Gartner

Michael Gartner

male, 71 years old
New York University, Gannett, From Des Moines, Iowa, The Wall Street Journal, American publisher, Iowawriter…Iowa City Press-Citizen, Iowa Events Center
Michael Gartner (born October 25, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa) is an American journalist and businessman. He is also President of the Iowa Board of...
Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins

male, 61 years old
Buried Deep, CSI franchise, csi, bones, The Untouchables, CSI Crime Scene Investigation…Iowawriter, Crime fiction writer, comics writer, mystery writer
Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is a prolific American mystery writer who has been called "mystery's Renaissance man". He has written...
Susan Glaspell

Susan Glaspell

female, deceased (1948)
American women writer, Iowawriter, Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner, The Glory of the Conquered, Susan Keating Glaspell, The Road to the Temple
Susan Glaspell was an American novelist and Pulitzer prize winning playwright. As part of the Provincetown Players, she arranged for the first ever...