iww library
Chris Adrian
Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Aron Aji
Faculty | Translation Workshop | Translation
Kaveh Akbar
Poetry | Faculty | English Department
Taleb al-Refai
Fiction | Alumni | International Writing Program
Sherman Alexie
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Karim Alrawi
Fiction | International Writing Program
Udupi R Ananthamurthy
Fiction | Poetry | Alumni | International Writing Program
Gun-Aajav Ayurzana
Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni
Dean Bakopoulos
Faculty | Cinema Arts | Screenwriting
John Banville
International Writing Program | Poetry | Alumni
Sebastian Barry
Fiction | Poetry | Dramatic Writing
Dan Beachy-Quick
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Translation | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Jo Ann Beard
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program
Scott Beck
Alumni | Screenwriting | Communication Studies
Marvin Bell
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Mildred Wirt Benson
Pen name: "Nancy Drew" | Fiction | Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Steve Berry
Journalism | Faculty | School of Journalism
Venise Berry
Fiction | Journalism | School of Journalism
John Berryman
Pulitzer Prize (1965)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Eula Biss
Nonfiction | Alumni | Nonfiction Writing Program
Robert Bly
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
Eavan Boland
Poetry | International Writing Program | Faculty
Susan Boyd
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
T. C. Boyle
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Tom Brokaw
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Suzanne Buffam
Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Mitchell Burgess
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Robert Olen Butler
Pulitzer Prize (1993)
Fiction | Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
Lila Byock
Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John Camp (John Sandford)
Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni
Ethan Canin
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Edward Carey
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program
Raymond Carver
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni
Eleanor Catton
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Lan Samantha Chang
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John Cheever
Pulitzer Prize (1979)
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Marquis Childs
Pulitzer Prize (1970)
Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni | Faculty
Rick Cleveland
Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
John Cochran
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Diablo Cody
Alumni | Screenwriting | Cinematic Arts
Max A Collins, Jr.
Fiction | Alumni | English Department | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Paul Conrad
Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism
Frank Conroy
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Jennifer Croft
Alumni | Translation | Translation Workshop
Nilo Cruz
Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop | Faculty
Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Prize (1999)
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop
John D'Agata
Poetry | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program
Robert Dana
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty
Junot Diaz
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty
José Donoso
Alumni | Faculty | Fiction | Spanish Creative Writing MFA | International Writing Program

Rita Dove

Pulitzer Prize (1987)
Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Andre Dubus

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni

Andre Dubus III

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Meenakshi Gigi Durham Durham

Faculty | School of Journalism | English | Fiction | Nonfiction

Charles d’Ambrosio

Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Hope Edelman

Nonfiction | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni

Cyprian Ekwensi

Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni

Hualing Nieh Engle

Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program

Paul Engle

Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | International Writing Program

Melissa Febos

Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program

Norman Felton

Playwriting | Theater

James Galvin

Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Forrest Gander

Pulitzer Prize (2019)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Rebecca Gilman

Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

Louise Glück

Pulitzer Prize (1993)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Jorie Graham

Pulitzer Prize (1996)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Robin Green

Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
The Sopranos (1999-2006), Northern Exposure (1991-1995), Party of Five (1997), Blue Bloods (2010-2024), screenplay

Andrew Sean Greer

Pulitzer Prize (2018)
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Allan Gurganus

Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Yaa Gyasi

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Don Hall

Alumni | Screenwriting | School of Art, Art History and Design
Moana (2016), Raya and the Last Dragon (2021), story; Meet the Robinsons (2007), screenplay

W. David Hancock

Playwriting | Playwrights Workshop

Charles (C.G.) Hanzlicek

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Paul Harding

Pulitzer Prize (2010)
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni

Joy Harjo

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Robert Hass

Pulitzer Prize (2008)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Anthony Hecht

Pulitzer Prize (1968)
Poetry | Faculty | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Robin Hemley

Fiction | Nonfiction | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program

Whiti Hereaka

Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni

Juan Felipe Herrera

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Sarah Heyward

Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Girls (2012), Modern Love (2021), screenplay

Nathan Hill

Fiction | Alumni | English Department

Cathy Park Hong

Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Samuel D. Hunter

Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

John Irving

Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Leslie Jamison

Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Nonfiction Writing Program | Nonfiction | Fiction

Josephine Johnson

Pulitzer Prize (1935)
Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Donald Justice

Pulitzer Prize (1980)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Han Kang

Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni

Tracy Kidder

Pulitzer Prize (1982)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

W.P. Kinsella

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Carolyn Kizer

Pulitzer Prize (1985)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Philip Levine

Pulitzer Prize (1995)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Yiyun Li

Fiction | Nonfiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program

Bruna Dantas Lobato

Alumni | Translation | Translation Workshop

Dick Locher

Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism

Claire Lombardo

Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Layli Long Soldier

Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Robert Lowell

Pulitzer Prize (1974)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Carmen Maria Machado

Fiction | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Haki R. Madhubuti

Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Elizabeth McCracken

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty | Alumni

James Alan McPherson

Pulitzer Prize (1978)
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Ana Merino

Poetry | Fiction | Spanish Creative Writing MFA | Translation | Faculty

Christopher Merrill

Poetry | Faculty | International Writing Program

Nicholas Meyer

Playwriting | Screenwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), screenplay, director; Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976), screenplay

David Milch

Alumni | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Screenwriting
Deadwood (2004-2006), Hill Street Blues (1981-1987), NYPD Blue (1993-2005), True Detective (2014-2024)

Kei Miller

Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni

Frank Luther Mott

Journalism | Faculty | School of Journalism

Luis Muñoz

Faculty | Spanish Creative Writing MFA | Poetry

H.M. Naqvi

Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni

Peter Nazareth

Fiction | Nonfiction | International Writing Program | Faculty | Alumni | English Department

Herbert Nipson

Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni

Alice Notley

Poetry | Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Flannery O'Connor

Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

John O'Keefe

Playwriting | Alumni | Playwrights Workshop

ZZ Packer

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty

Orhan Pamuk

Fiction | International Writing Program | Alumni

Ann Patchett

Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Jayne Anne Phillips

Pulitzer Prize (2024)
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

D.A. Powell

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Srikanth (Chicu) Reddy

Poetry | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Marilynne Robinson

Pulitzer Prize (2005)
Fiction | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Brian Ross

Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Philip Roth

Pulitzer Prize (1998)
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Mary Ruefle

Poetry | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Nonfiction Writing Program | Alumni | Faculty

Joe Russo

Fiction | English Department | Alumni
Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014); director

Tomaž Šalamun

Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni

Robyn Schiff

Poetry | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Karl Shapiro

Pulitzer Prize (1945)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Eleni Sikelianos

Poetry | International Writing Program | Faculty

Bennett Sims

Fiction | Faculty | English Department | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Curtis Sittenfeld

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Jane Smiley

Pulitzer Prize (1992)
Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

W.D. Snodgrass

Pulitzer Prize (1960)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

William Stafford

Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | English Department

Wallace Stegner

Pulitzer Prize (1972)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Mark Strand

Pulitzer Prize (1999)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

James Tate

Pulitzer Prize (1992)
Poetry | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Edwin Thumboo

Poetry | International Writing Program | Alumni

Merritt Tierce

Fiction | Screenwriting | Alumni | Faculty | Iowa Writers' Workshop
Orange Is the New Black (2013-2019), screenplay

Michael F. Toner

Journalism | School of Journalism | Alumni

Justin Torres

Fiction | Alumni | Iowa Writers' Workshop

Don Ultang

Journalism | Alumni | School of Journalism

Mona Van Duyn

Pulitzer Prize (1991)
Poetry | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni | Faculty

Abraham Verghese

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Marcos M. Villatoro

Poetry | Fiction | Nonfiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Faculty

Margaret Walker

Poetry | Fiction | Iowa Writers' Workshop | Alumni

Naomi Wallace

Iowa Writers' Workshop | Playwrights Workshop | Poetry | Playwriting | Alumni

Sort By
Genre: 

Poetry 
Fiction 
Nonfiction 
Playwriting 
Screenwriting 
Translation 
Journalism

Program: 

Iowa Writers' Workshop
Nonfiction Writing Program
International Writing Program Playwrights Workshop
School of Journalism 
Spanish Creative Writing MFA 
Translation Workshop 
Screenwriting Arts