- Natalie Goldberg
Natalie Goldberg (b. 1948) is an American author and teacher of creative writing. She is best known for a series of books which explore writing as a Zen practice. Natalie Goldberg is a poet, teacher, writer, and painter. She was born in 1948 to Jewish parents of Polish ancestry, and was raised in Long Island. A student of Zen Buddhism for 24 years, she trained intensively with Dainin Katagiri for 12 years at the Minnesota Zen Center, … - Mark Doty
Mark Doty is an American poet. He earned his Bachelor of Arts from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, then received his Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from Goddard College in Vermont. In 1989, his partner Wally Roberts tested positive for HIV, which drastically changed Doty's writing. Roberts's death in 1994 inspired Doty to write "Atlantis". In 1995, he won the ₤10,000 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, the first American poet to have done so. - Todd Swift
Todd Swift (born April 8, 1966) is a Canadian poet, editor, cultural activist and university lecturer based in the United Kingdom. Swift was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and raised in Saint-Lambert, Quebec. He received a BA in English from Concordia University and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of East Anglia. While attending university, Swift was one of Canada's most successful parliamentary debaters. - Lucinda Roy
Lucinda Roy (born December 19, 1955) is a British novelist and poet. She was born in Battersea, South London, England, to Namba Roy, a Jamaican writer and artist, and Yvonne Roy, an English actor and teacher. She grew up in England and received her B.A. in English from Kings College London before moving to the U.S., where she currently resides. She completed her M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of Arkansas. In 1988, she published her first collection of poetry, … - Robert McKee
Robert McKee is a creative writing instructor who is widely known for his popular "Story Seminar", which he developed when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. McKee is the author of a "screenwriters' bible" called "Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting". Many of Hollywood's active screenwriters claim him as an inspiration. - Barbara Jane Reyes
Barbara Jane Reyes is an American poet. She was born in Manila, Philippines and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, and her MFA at San Francisco State University. She is the author of "Gravities of Center" (Arkipelago, 2003) and "Poeta en San Francisco" (Tinfish, 2005), for which she received the James Laughlin Award of the Academy of American Poets. - Richard Grayson
Richard Grayson (1951-) is a writer, political activist and performance artist, most noted for his books of short stories and his satiric runs for public office. Born in Brooklyn, he attended New York public schools and the City University of New York, receiving a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College, where he was also an undergraduate. His first stories started appearing in literary magazines in the mid-1970s, and in 1979, … - Sean O'Brien
Sean O'Brien is a British poet, critic, playwright, broadcaster, anthologist, short story writer and editor. He grew up in Hull and has lived in Newcastle upon Tyne since 1990. He was appointed the Northern Arts Literary Fellow in 1992. On 22 March 2007, he became the sixth winner of the Northern Rock Foundation Writer's Award. This prize is worth £20,000 a year for a period of three years. - Bill Manhire
Professor Bill Manhire CNZM, (born in Invercargill in 1946) is an award-winning New Zealand poet and short story writer. His work has won the New Zealand Book Awards poetry prize five times, in 1978, 1985, 1992,1996 and his most recent work "Lifted" received the 2006 Montana New Zealand Book Awards Poetry Prize. Manhire has been a strong promoter of local poetry and other writing, acting as editor of several compilations of New Zealand short stories, … - Don Lee
Don Lee is an American novelist. He received his B.A. in English Literature from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College. He has also served as the primary editor of the literary journal Ploughshares for 17 years. His first collection of short stories, "Yellow", documents the lives of various Asian American characters living in the fictional "Rosarita Bay". - Fred D'Aguiar
Fred D'Aguiar (born February 2, 1960) is an author of poetry, novels, and drama. D'Aguiar was born in London of Guyanese parents. He spent his childhood, from the age of two to twelve, in Guyana. His work has received much, and growing, acclaim. His "Bill of Rights", about the Jonestown Massacre of 1978, was a finalist for the 1998 T. S. Eliot Prize. He was Judith E. Wilson Fellow at Cambridge University (1989-90), Visiting Writer at Amherst College, Amherst, … - John Burnside
John Burnside (19 March 1955 -) is a Scottish writer, born in Dunfermline. Burnside studied English and European Languages at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology. A former computer software engineer, he has been a freelance writer since 1996. He is a former Writer in Residence at the University of Dundee and is now Reader in Creative Writing at St Andrews University. - James N. Frey
James N. Frey (born March 15, 1943 in Syracuse, New York USA) is an American writer and creative writing teacher. Frey has written both fiction and non-fiction and is known for his book called "How to Write a Damn Good Novel". He has written novels, plays, and several guides on writing. In addition to being an author, he is a lecturer at schools and conferences. - Ron Padgett
Ron Padgett (born June 17, 1942) is an American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator, and a member of the New York School. His books include "Great Balls of Fire", "The Adventures of Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Ron" (with Jim Dine), "Toujours l'amour", "Tulsa Kid", "Triangles in the Afternoon", "Ted: A Personal Memoir of Ted Berrigan", "Poems I Guess I Wrote", "You Never Know", "Oklahoma Tough", and others. - Gillian Clarke
Gillian Clarke (born 8 June 1937) is a Welsh poet who writes in English. She was born and brought up in Cardiff and Penarth, though for part of the Second World War she was in Pembrokeshire. Although both of her parents were native Welsh speakers, she was brought up speaking only English, and she learnt to speak Welsh as an adult. After graduating in English from University of Wales, Cardiff, she spent a year working for the BBC in London. - Colum McCann
Colum McCann (born 1965) is an Irish-born writer of literary fiction, whose novels include "This Side of Brightness", "Dancer", and "Zoli". McCann teaches creative writing at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. - James Kelman
James Kelman (born in Glasgow on June 9 1946) is an influential writer of novels, short stories, plays and political essays. His novel "A Disaffection" was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 1989. Kelman won the 1994 Booker Prize with "How late it was, how late" and aroused something of a controversy in doing so: one of the judges, Rabbi Julia Neuberger, … - Philip Hensher
Philip Michael Hensher (born February 20 1965) is an English novelist, critic and journalist. Hensher was born in South London, although spent the majority of his childhood and adolescence in Sheffield, attending Tapton Comprehensive School. He has degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge, where he was awarded a PhD for work on 18th century painting and satire. Early in his career he worked as a clerk in the House of Commons. He has published a number of successful novels, … - Alice Fulton
Alice Fulton (born January 25, 1952 in Troy, New York, USA) is a United States poet, author, and feminist. She received her undergraduate degree in creative writing in 1976 from Empire State College and her Master of Fine Arts degree from Cornell University in 1982. In 1991, she was awarded a MacArthur Foundation fellowship for her poetry. Defying convention, not easily categorized, and employing a postmodern poetics that admits artifice, … - Ellen Gilchrist
Ellen Gilchrist (born February 20, 1935) is an American novelist and short story writer. She was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and raised on a plantation owned by her maternal grandparents. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy and studied creative writing under Eudora Welty at Millsaps College. Gilchrist has been married and divorced numerous times and has three children. "Victory Over Japan", a collection of short stories, … - Curtis Sittenfeld
Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld (born 1975) is an American writer who has published two novels, "Prep", a tale about a New England prep school, and "The Man of My Dreams", another coming-of-age novel, as well as other short stories. Elizabeth was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the second of four children (three girls and a boy) of Paul G., an investment adviser, and Elizabeth (Curtis) Sittenfeld, an art history teacher at the Seven Hills School, … - William Logan
William Logan (born 1950) is an American poet, critic and scholar. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts to W. Donald Logan, Jr. and Nancy Damon Logan. He lives in Gainesville, Florida and Cambridge, England with his life-partner, the poet and artist, Debora Greger. Educated at Yale (BA, 1972) and the University of Iowa (MFA, 1975), he has authored seven books of poetry as well as four books of criticism. He is a professor of creative writing at the University of Florida. - Tim Liardet
Tim Liardet (born in London) is an English poet and critic. He studied at the University of York and lectures in creative writing at Bath Spa University. He has published five collections of poetry, "Clay Hill", "Fellini Beach", "Competing with the Piano Tuner", "To the God of Rain" and "The Blood Choir", which was nominated for the T. S. Eliot Prize. He currently teaches poetry at Bath Spa University. - Brandon Sanderson
Brandon Sanderson (December 1975) is an American fantasy author. A Nebraska native, he currently resides in Provo, Utah. He earned his Master's degree in Creative Writing in 2005 from Brigham Young University and is currently a part-time faculty member in the English department. He married on July 7, 2006 and is a member of the LDS church. Sanderson's writing is noteworthy for its epic fantasy tone, unique settings, precision magic systems, and variety of characters. - Leslie Epstein
Leslie Epstein (born 1938 in Los Angeles, CA) is an American novelist. He has written nine novels including "King of the Jews" (1979), "Pandaemonium" (1997), and "San Remo Drive: A Novel from Memory" (2004), based on his childhood growing up in Hollywood in the 1940s and 50s. His most recent novel "The Eighth Wonder of the World" was published by Other Press in October 2006. - Geoff Ryman
Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a writer of science fiction, fantasy and slipstream fiction. He was born in Canada, and has lived most of his life in England. His science fiction and fantasy works include "The Warrior Who Carried Life" (1985), the novella "The Unconquered Country" (1986) (winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award), … - Matthew Sharpe
Matthew Sharpe (born 1962) is a U.S. novelist and short story writer. Born in New York City, Sharpe graduated from Oberlin College and Columbia University and has since been teaching creative writing at various institutions of higher learning. Sharpe says he started writing fiction at age ten but was finally inspired and encouraged to be a writer after reading Sam Shepard's play "La Turista" when he was 21. - Denise Chavez
Denise Elia Chavez (born August 15, 1948) is an American author, playwright, and stage director. She was born to an Hispano family in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and graduated from Madonna High School in Mesilla. She received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in Dramatic Arts from Trinity University. While in college, she began writing dramatic works. Upon graduation, she worked at the Dallas Theater Center while continuing her studies in drama and writing. - Richard McCann
Richard McCann is a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, born in 1949. He currently lives in Washington, D.C., where he is a professor in the MFA Program in Creative Writing at American University. He is the author of "Mother of Sorrows", … - Bienvenido Lumbera
Bienvenido Lumbera is a prizewinning poet, critic and dramatist from the Philippines. He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communications. He won numerous literary awards, including the National Book Awards from the National Book Foundation, and the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards. - Tony Earley
Tony Earley (b. 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in San Antonio, Texas, but grew up in North Carolina. His stories are often set in North Carolina. Earley studied English at Warren Wilson College and after graduation in 1983, he spent four years as a reporter in North Carolina, first as a general assignment reporter for "The Thermal Belt News Journal" in Columbus, … - Robert Bringhurst
Robert Bringhurst American-born poet, book designer, typographer, historian and linguist who writes about native issues and typography. His manual The Elements of Typographic Style has become one of the most influential texts on typographic design. He received the Macmillan Prize for Poetry in 1975. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. Books at Typotheque by Robert Bringhurst - Linda Bierds
Linda Bierds (1945-) is an American poet and professor of English and creative writing at the University of Washington, where she also received her B.A. in 1969. She was born in Deleware and now lives on Bainbridge Island. Her books include "Flights of the Harvest Mare"; "The Stillness, the Dancing"; "Heart and Perimeter"; and "The Ghost Trio" (Henry Holt 1994). She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, … - Mo Hayder
Mo Hayder is a British crime novelist, author of the novels "Birdman", "The Treatment" and "Tokyo" (known in some countries as The Devil of Nanking). Hayder left school at fifteen, and has since worked as a barmaid, security-guard, filmmaker, hostess in a Tokyo club, and teacher of English as a foreign language. She was awarded an MA in film from American University and an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, … - Danzy Senna
Danzy Senna, (1970 -) is an American novelist. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is the daughter of the author Carl Senna ("The Black Press and the Struggle for Civil Rights,") an Afro-Mexican poet, and Fanny Howe, an Irish-American. Both were activists during the American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968). She is the niece of the poet, Susan Howe. She lives in Los Angeles with husband, novelist Percival Everett. - Tahmima Anam
Tahmima Anam is a Bangladesh born writer and novelist. Her first novel, "A Golden Age", was published by John Murray in 2007. - David Dodd Lee
David Dodd Lee is an American poet, born in 1960. He is the author of three books of poems, "Downsides of Fish Culture" ISBN: 0-932826-55-5(New Issues Press 1997), "Arrow Pointing North" (Four Way Books 2002), and "Abrupt Rural" ISBN: 1-930974-38-8(New Issues Press 2004). He is also the editor of [SHADE], an annual anthology published by Four Way Books. His B.A. is in Painting, and his MFA is in Creative Writing, both from Western Michigan University. - Prince Gomolvilas
Prince Gomolvilas (born August 28, 1972) is a Thai American playwright. He has written and produced many plays in the United States and won several distinctive awards. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Thai-born parents. His family moved to California when he was age seven and he spent most of his youth in Monrovia. He attended San Francisco State University and received a BA in film and screenwriting and an MFA in creative writing and playwriting. - Wayson Choy
Wayson Choy (born April 20, 1939) is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown. He is the author of the novel "The Jade Peony" (1995) which won the Trillium Book Award and the City of Vancouver Book Award. He also wrote the memoir "Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood" (1999), which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction and was nominated for a Governor General's Award. - Dodie Bellamy
Dodie Bellamy is a novelist, nonfiction author, journalist and editor, known for her non-traditional use of sexuality, politics, and narrative experimentation. Her work is frequently associated with that of Dennis Cooper, Kathy Acker, and Eileen Myles. A native of Hammond, Indiana and educated at Indiana University, Bellamy has taught creative writing at many educational institutions, including the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, UC Santa Cruz, …
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