Iowa Writers' Workshop alumni

American novelist and screenwriter

American writer (1925–1964)

penman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose writer, teacher, short story writer (1938-1988)

American novelist and screenwriter

New Zealand writer

American science fiction writer

American writer and producer

American writer and poet (born 1954)

Ghanaian-American novelist

Canadian fantasy author

American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)

American poet and author

American poet, author, and activist (1926–2021)

Jewish-American poet (1928-2015)

American novelist and memoirist

American novelist

Canadian-American poet, essayist, translator (1934–2014)

Indian-American writer (1940-2017)

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

Chinese American writer

Iranian-American author, commentator

American writer

American novelist and short story writer (born 1948)

American musician and author

American novelist and screenwriter

novelist and memoirst from the United States

American screenwriter and television producer

American poet and writer (1915-1998)

American novelist

American short story writer and essayist (1943–2016)

American novelist

American poet (1943–2015)

US journalist, podcaster, memoirist and novelist (1973-)

American writer; University of Virginia professor (born 1935)

American poet (1926–2009)

Nigerian-American writer

Nigerian-UK author

American writer

American physician, teacher, novelist

American novelist and short story writer

novelist

African writer poet academic literary critism

American writer (1945–2026)

American fiction writer, memoirist, essayist

Vietnamese-Australian writer

American novelist (1975-)

American short story writer and novelist

Peruvian-American writer

American poet

Motswana writer

American screenwriter and film director (1943-2006)

American writer (born 1952)

American novelist, short story writer, teacher (1936–1999)

Author, educator

Kosovar political figure

American journalist

American writer

American novelist

American writer

American novelist, essayist, and professor