Writers

Chris Adrian

Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/people/chris-adrian

Aron Aji

Faculty | Translation Workshop | Translation

https://dwllc.uiowa.edu/people/aron-aji

Kaveh Akbar

Poetry | Faculty | English Department

https://english.uiowa.edu/people/kaveh-akbar

Taleb al-Refai

Fiction | Alumni | International Writing Program

https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/2012-resident/al-refai-taleb

Sherman Alexie

Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Karim Alrawi

Fiction | International Writing Program

https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/2013-resident/karim-alrawi

Udupi R Ananthamurthy

Fiction | Poetry | Alumni | International Writing Program

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/authors/u-r-ananthamurthy

Gun-Aajav Ayurzana

Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni

https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/2006/ayurzana-gun-aajav-0

Dean Bakopoulos

Faculty | Cinema Arts | Screenwriting

https://cinematicarts.uiowa.edu/people/dean-bakopoulos

Made for Love (2021), co-creator; Don't Come Back from the Moon (2017), author, screenplay

John Banville

International Writing Program | Poetry | Alumni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banville

Sebastian Barry

Fiction | Poetry | Dramatic Writing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Barry

Dan Beachy-Quick

https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/people/dan-beachy-quick

Jo Ann Beard

Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Ann_Beard

Scott Beck

Alumni | Screenwriting | Communication Studies

https://now.uiowa.edu/news/2017/05/alumni-filmmakers-scott-beck-bryan-woods-str…

A Quiet Place (2018), screenplay

Marvin Bell

Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

http://litcity.lib.uiowa.edu/person/marvin-bell/

Mildred Wirt Benson

Pen name: "Nancy Drew" | Fiction | Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism

http://litcity.lib.uiowa.edu/person/mildred-wirt-benson/

Steve Berry

Journalism | Faculty | School of Journalism

https://steveberry.org/

Venise Berry

Fiction | Journalism | School of Journalism

https://journalism.uiowa.edu/people/venise-berry

John Berryman

Pulitzer Prize (1965)

Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

http://litcity.lib.uiowa.edu/person/john-berryman/

Eula Biss

Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program

https://www.eulabiss.net/

Robert Bly

Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

https://robertbly.com/

Eavan Boland

Poetry | International Writing Program | Faculty

https://iwp.uiowa.edu/writers/2009/eavan-boland

Susan Boyd

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/agents/people/2017

T. C. Boyle

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty

http://litcity.lib.uiowa.edu/person/t-c-boyle/

Tom Brokaw

Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism

https://www.foriowa.org/daa/daa-profile.php?namer=true&profileid=51

Suzanne Buffam

Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/people/suzanne-buffam

Mitchell Burgess

Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell_Burgess

The Sopranos (1999-2006), Blue Bloods (2010-2024), screenplay

Robert Olen Butler

Pulitzer Prize (1993)

Fiction | Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Olen_Butler

Lila Byock

Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

https://magidcenter.uiowa.edu/people/lila-byock

Manhattan (2014–2015), screenplay

John Camp (John Sandford)

Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sandford_(novelist)