Fiction

Portrait of Paul Harding

Paul Harding

Title/Position
Visiting Professor
Fiction | 2018 Paul Harding is the author of two novels, Enon and Tinkers, which was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ...
Portrait of Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Novuyo Rosa Tshuma

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Fiction | 2020 Novuyo Rosa Tshuma is the author of the novel House of Stone, winner of the 2019 Edward Stanford Travel Writing ...
Michelle Huneven

Michelle Huneven

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | 2011 Michelle Huneven is the author of three novels: Blame, Jamesland, and Round Rock. Her nonfiction writings includes restaurant ...
Portrait of Mark Jude Poirier

Mark Jude Poirier

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | Summer 2017 Mark Jude Poirier is the author of two collections of short stories, Unsung Heroes of American Industry, and Naked ...
Portrait of Madhuri Vijay

Madhuri Vijay

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Fiction | 2021 Madhuri Vijay was born and raised in Bangalore. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, and her short fiction has ...
Portrait of Ladee Hubbard

Ladee Hubbard

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | 2023 Ladee Hubbard is the author of the novels The Talented Ribkins which received the 2018 Ernest J. Gaines Award for ...
Portrait of Karen Russell

Karen Russell

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | 2014 Karen Russell is the author of three books of fiction, most recently, the story collection, Vampires in the Lemon Grove ...
Julie Orringer

Julie Orringer

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | 2012 Julie Orringer is the author of The Invisible Bridge, a novel, and How to Breathe Underwater, a short story collection ...
Portrait of Jess Walter

Jess Walter

Title/Position
Visiting Professor
Fiction | 2018 Jess Walter is the author of eight books, including the 2013 #1 New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Ruins; The Zero, finalist ...
Portrait of Jenny Zhang

Jenny Zhang

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Fiction | Summer 2021 Jenny’s debut story collection, Sour Heart, conjures the experience of adolescence through the eyes of Chinese American ...
Portrait of Garth Greenwell

Garth Greenwell

Title/Position
Visiting Assistant Professor
Fiction | 2020 Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was ...
Portrait of Frances De Pontes Peebles

Frances De Pontes Peebles

Title/Position
Visiting Associate Professor
Fiction | 2019 Frances de Pontes Peebles is the author of The Seamstress and The Air You Breathe. Both books have been translated widely ...