Read a few books by alumni (or faculty) of the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop! Choose from writers who went on to be famous authors, or find a work by someone that is new to you.

"For more than 80 years writers have come to Iowa City to work on their manuscripts and to exchange ideas about writing and reading with each other and with the faculty. Many of them have gone on to publish award-winning work after graduating. With the spirit of an arts colony and the benefits of the research University of which we are a part, the Writers' Workshop continues to foster and to celebrate American literature in all its varied forms."

An incomplete list of authors (in no particular order):
Kurt Vonnegut
Flannery O'Connor
Jane Smiley
John Irving
Wallace Stegner
Marilynne Robinson
Ann Patchett
TC Boyle
Richard Ford
WP Kinsella
Michael Cunningham
Sandra Cisneros
John Berryman
Raymond Carver
John Gardner
Robert Penn Warren
Ayana Mathis
Abraham Verghese
Barry Unsworth
Lucy Grealy
Ethan Canin
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Bharati Mukherjee
Philip Roth
TD McMichael
Justin Torres
Simon Van Booy
Kiley Reid
Lee Cole
Claire Lombardo
Andrew Ridker
Eleanor Catton
Ethan Canin
Jeremy B. Jones
John Casey
Chelsea Cain
Lan Samantha Chang
James Hynes
Andrew Sean Greer
James Hynes
Cristina Henriquez
Elizabeth McCracken
Mona Susan Power
Philip L. Fradkin
Jackson J. Benson
Justin Cronin
Charles Wright
Kent Haruf
Tom Grimes
Stephen G. Bloom
Robert Dana
Frank Conroy
August Kleinzahler
Cate Dicharry
Paul Harding
Mary Helen Stefaniak
Yaa Gyasi
Kent Haruf
Tracy Kidder
Tom Grimes
Robert Olen Butler
James Alan McPherson
Jennifer Haigh
Nickolas Butler