Past Participants from 1999-2010

A-D

Megan Abbott
Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur
Mark A. Abramson
Chinua Achebe
Kim Addonizio
Bruce Adelson
Leonard M. Adkins
Deborah Ager
Liaquat Ahamed
Naja Marie Aidt
Karen Alarie
Mitch Albom
Lalo Alcaraz
Karen LaLonde Alenier
Sherman Alexie
Jane Alison
Stephanie Allen
Steve Almond
Cathy Alter
Jonathan Ames
Robyn Amos
Karen Leona Anderson
Mark Anderson
Betsy Andrews
Athena Angelos
Jean Renfro Anspaugh
Jessica Anthony
Tomasz Arciszewski
Rae Armantrout
Robert P. Arthur
Jabari Asim
Bart Astor
Jennifer Atkinson
Rick Atkinson
Alexandra Avakian
Irene Awret
Naomi Ayala
Pam Bachorz
David Bacon
Gabeba Baderoon
Susan Baggette
Juliana Baggott
John Balaban
Biyi Bandele
Mary Jo Bang
Russ Banham
Brian Barker
Neal Barnard
T.A. Barron
Douglas Bauer
Dan Baum
Noa Baum
Richard Bausch
Charles Baxter
Khris Baxter
Louis Bayard
Dan Beachy-Quick
Meriwether Beatty
Alison Bechdel
Mel Belin
Felicia Bell
Matt Bell
Oscar H. Bennett
Margaret Bennett
Jeff Benson
Elizabeth Berg
Scott W. Berg
Christopher Bergland
Debra Bergoffen
Carol Berkin
Charles Bernstein
Charles Bernstein
Steven Bernstein
Anselm Berrigan
Michael Beschloss
Adam Besenyodi
R. Dwayne Betts
Tom Beveridge
Supriya Bhatnagar
Linda Bierds
Jim Bildner
Sven Birkerts
Margaret Bishop
DeAnne Blanton
Deborah Blum
Don Bogen
Paula Bohince
Noelle Bolou
Bruce Bond
Ruth B. Bottigheimer
Fred Bowen
Catherine Bowman
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Arlette Braman
Page Brannon
Binnie Syril Braunstein
Eric Brende
Connie Briscoe
Jeff Broadwater
Brian Brodeur
K.S. Brooks
M. Evan Brooks
Warren Brown
Carrie Brown
Rita Mae Brown
Peter Brown
Ellen F. Brown
Mahogany Browne
Renée Brozic
Robert Brustein
Suzanne Buffam
Leslie Bumstead
Patrick K. Burke
Sandra Burt
Orville Vernon Burton
Jason Byrd
Nelinia Cabiles
Scott Cairns
Carmen Calatayud
John Calderazzo
Liam Callanan
Austin S. Camacho
Austin S. Camacho
SueEllen Campbell
Ethan Canin
Bryan Caplan
Michael Capobianco
Ron Carlson
Burrus M. Carnahan
Charisse Carney-Nunes
Vincent Carretta
Rodney Carroll
Ray Cashman
P.W. Catanese
Sharon Cavileer
Jack Censer
Jack R. Censer
Jane Censer
Jennifer Chang
Lan Samantha Chang
Margaret and Ralph Chatham
Alan Cheuse
Alan Cheuse
Alan Cheuse
Staceyann Chin
Ginjer Clarke
Carol Cleaveland
Brenda Clough
Brenda Clough
Christopher Coake
Allison Cobb
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Daniel Cohen
Meredith Cole
Teju Cole
Katharine Coles
Martha Collins
Danny Duncan Collum
Maureen Connors
Pat Conroy
Cathy Cook
Ryan Coonerty
John Copenhaver
Sarah L. Courteau
Michael W. Covel
Tyler Cowen
Nancy Crampton
Ellen Crosby
Caren Cross
Chris Crutcher
Ann Cummins
Michael Cunningham
Ramola D
Jacques d'Amboise
Robert Dallek
Robert Dallekis
Pat Daly-Lipe
Tsitsi Dangaremgba
Dennis Danvers
Kyle Dargan
Alice Elliott Dark
Martin J. De Nys
Danza del Rio
Lulu Delacre
Frank Delaney
Marion Deshmukh
Marion Deshmukh
Dieter Dettke
Danielle Deulen
Willis Van Devanter
Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji
Faisal Devji
Thomas Norman DeWolf
Domingo Diaz
Susie and Ming Diaz
Michael Dirda
E.L. Doctorow
Ben Doller
Sandra Doller
Daniel A. Domenech
Susan Donaldson
Jean Donnelly
Moira Donohue
Gregory Donovan
Michael Dooling
Mark Doty
Ross Gregory Douthat
Buck Downs
Dennis Drabelle
Gerald Duff
Rebecca Dunham
Joe Durham

E-K

Cornelius Eady
Mary Eccles
Scott Edelman
Bob Edwards
Ethan Louis Edwards
Ryan Effgen
Barbara Effron
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan
Solveig Eggerz
Cathy Eisenhower
L.M. Elliott
Aime Ellis
Joseph J. Ellis
James Ellroy
Jason Emerson
Nathan Englander
W. Perry Epes
Garrett Epps
Daniel Mark Epstein
Kathryn Erskine
Haleh Esfandiari
W. Ralph Eubanks
Edward Falco
Allan Fallow
Stephen Farnsworth
Michael Farquhar
Tim Farrington
Michael K. Fauntroy
Paul Fauteax
Jane Feldman
D.W. Fenza
Kennan Ferguson
Andrew Ferguson
Larrie Ferreiro
David Finkel
Alec Finlay
Patricia Finney
Maribeth Fischer
Robert Fitterman
Mark Fitzgerald
Richard Florida
Carolyn Forche
Katie Ford
Rebecca Kanak Fox
Trisha Foxwell
Robert A. Franklin
Ru Freeman
Judith Freidenberg
Susan Froetschel
Harvey Frommer
Gregory Frost
Simon Fruelund
Alexandra Fuller
Heather Fuller
Alexandra Fuller
Donald R. Gallehr
Donald R. Gallehr
Jeff Galloway
James Galvin
Forrest Gander
John Rolfe Gardiner
Joan Gardiner
Jenny Gardiner
Michael R. Gardner
George Garrett
Clifford Garstang
Clifford Garstang
John Gaudet
Harold Geller
Judy Gelman
Bruce George
Jack Germond
David Gewanter
Caroll R. Gibbs
Jack Gilbert
Chester Gillis
John Gilstrap
John Gilstrap
Nikki Giovanni
Robert Girardi
Robert L. Giron
Julia Glass
James K. Glassman
Ruth Glick
Bill Glose
Ronald Goldfarb
Diane Goldstein
Odi Gonzales
Eric Goodman
Richard Goodman
Allegra Goodman
Chris Goodrich
Steve Goodwin
Robert Goolrick
James Gordon
Nada Gordon
John Steele Gordon
Carol Gould
Barbara Graham
Maryemma Graham
Daniel Graham
Senator Bob Graham
Brad Graper
Eleanor Graves
Amelia Gray
Michelle Y. Green
Michael Greenberg
Kate Greenstreet
Michele Greet
Conor Grennan
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Kathleen Grissom
Mimi Clark Gronlund
Anthony Grooms
Andrej Grubacic
Maurice Kilwein Guevara
Dan Gutstein
Elizabeth Gutting
Helon Habila
Joyce Hackett
Michael Hais
Donald C. Hakenson
Keith Hall
Joe Hall
Dixiane Hallaj
Muhammad Hallaj
Melissa Hammerle
Chris Hamner
Carol Lee Hamrin
Carol Lee Hamrin
Ernest Hardy
Joy Harjo
A.G. Harmon
Chuck Harmon
Claudrena N. Harold
E. Lynn Harris
Judith Harris
Judith Harris
Judith Harris
Jeffrey Harrison
Joseph Harsh
Alison Hart
Lenore Hart
Adam Haslett
Robin Hathaway
Elizabeth Hatrick
Kate Haulman
Terrance Hayes
Alex Heard
J. Roderick Heller III
Donna Hemans
Peter Henriques
Maria Herrara-Sobek
Brenda Hillman
Stan Hinden
Frederick P. Hitz
Ellen Hoffman
Richard Hoffman
Cynthia Marie Hoffman
Ron Hogan
Janet Holmes
Linwood Holton
Harold Holzer
Sarah Collins Honenberger
James D. Hornfischer
Khaled Hosseini
Silas House
Dave Housley
James Houston
Karen Howard
Fanny Howe
Christopher Howell
Huan Hsu
Susan Hubbard
Dallas Hudgens
Mary T. Hufford
Craig Hughes
Scott Huler
Walter Isaacson
G. Winston James
J.A. Jance
Charlene Drew Jarvis
Michael Jawer
Emyl Jenkins
Pam Jenoff
Charles Jensen
Robert Jensen
Lisa Jervis
Cheryl Jewett-Koblinsky
Clint Johnson
Joyce Johnson
Jason Miccolo Johnson
Kathryn Johnson
Merri Lisa Johnson
Joy Jones
Edward P. Jones
Tayari Jones
Allison Joseph
Frank S. Joseph
Jacqueline Jules
Tim Junkin
Connie Kaldor
David Kaplan
Mary Karr
Gary Karton
Todd B. Kashdan
Alma Katsu
Donna Kauffman
Wendi Kaufman
Scott Keeter
Christian B. Keller
Katy Kelly
John Kessel
Pam Kessler
Caroline Kettlewell
Shakta Kaur Khalsa
Rushworth M. Kidder
Michael Kimball
Robert Hillary King
Stephen King
John Kiser
Matthew Klam
Michael Klare
Annette Curtis Klause
Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff
Jeff Kleinman
Dr. Sheppard Kominars
Amy Goldman Koss
Nick Kotz
Steven Krasner
Mark Krikorian
Vicki Levy Krupp
Peter Kuper
Chris Kuzneski

L-R

Gerry LaFemina
Martin Lammon
L. Jagi Lamplighter
Sue Lange
Shannon Lanier
Ana-Maurine Lara
Michael Largo
Alison Larkin
Jim Larranaga
Gretchen Moran LaskaNelda Lateef
Roger Lathbury
Roger Lathbury
Alvin Lau
Victoria Law
Jennifer Lawler
Elaine J. Lawless
Elizabeth K. (Liz) Lawner
David M. Lawrence
Marion Blumenthal Lazan
Chris Lear
Niki Lee
Kate Lehrer
Joan Leotta
Jill Lepore
Nathan Leslie
Jonathan Lethem
Vladimir Levchev
Cornelia Levine
Lawrence Levine
Mindy Lewis
E.B. Lewis
Reta Lewis
Yiyun Li
Eric Lichtblau
S. Robert Lichter
Andrew Light
Carl Lindahl
Elinor Lipman
Laura Lippman
Reb Livingston
Gary Lloyd
Jamey Long
Bret Lott
Maryann Cusimano Love
Elaina Loveland
Sallie Lowenstein
Beverly Lowry
Noah Lukeman
Adrian Lurssen
Victoria Lynne
Jonathan Lyons
Alain Mabanckou
Josh MacPhee
G.M. Malliet
Julianne Malveaux
James Mann
Peter Manseau
Doug Marlette
Dawn Martin
Sarah Martin
J. Michael Martinez
Siwar Masannat
Sujata Massey
Jay Matthews
Charles Mauro
Ron Maxwell
Bill Mayhew
C.M. Mayo
Richard McCann
Kathy McCleary
Kathleen McCleary
Susan McCorkindale
Susan McCorkindale
Jill McCorkle
Sharyn McCrumb
Alice McDermott
Bernice L. McFadden
Kevin McFadden
Ralph McInerny
Bill McKibben
Ann L. McLaughlin
Zan McLeod
Mark McMorris
Maria McNaught
Tracye Lynn McQuirter
Georgia Me
Pablo Medina
Ved Mehta
Kevin Merida
Jim Merkel
Mischa Merz
Carrie Meyer
Nadine Sabra Meyer
E. Ethelbert Miller
John Miller
James Miller
Sue Miller
E. Ethelbert Miller
Margaret Mills
Valerie Miner
Deborah Miranda
Anna Mohamadi
Jeff Monahan
Rick Moody
Rick Moody
Honor Moore
Lisa C. Moore
Miles David Moore
Kathleen Dean Moore
Linda Morelli
Yvette Neisser Moreno
Kyoko Mori
Barbara Bradlyn Morris
James McGrath Morris
Fred Morsell
Greg Mortenson
Harriet S. Mosatche
Walter Mosley
Tom Mould
Manuel Muñoz
Cedric Muhammad
Barbara Mujica
Harryette Mullen
Joshua Muravchik
Elisabeth Murawski
Eileen Murdock
Robert K. Musil
Kirin Narayan
Meena Nayak
Chris Nealon
Mariah Burton Nelson
Michael P. Nelson
Peter Neofotis
Nan Netherton
Bich Minh Nguyen
Mel Nichols
Tahra Nichols
Gary Noesner
Jerdine Nolen
George Norfleet
Howard Norman
Matt Norman
Mark Nowak
Dorothy Noyes
John O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
Joyce Carol Oates
Gregory Orfalea
Alan Orloff
E.C. Osondu
Trevor Owens
Randall Packer
Sedat Pakay
Michael A. Palmer
Eric Pankey
Frances Park and Ginger Park
Michael Parker
Owen Parry
Ann Patchett
Bethanne Patrick
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
Valerie O. Patterson
Jacob Paul
Richard Peabody
Matthew Pearl
Stephen Pearlstein
Nancy K. Pearson
Richard Peck
Garrett Peck
Sarah Pekkanen
Benjamin Percy
Benjamin Percy
Linda Perlis
Sarah Perrier
Deborah Perry
Andre Perry
Jim Peterson
Britt Peterson
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Tori Phillips
Tom Philpott
MaryBeth Piccinino
Noah Pickus
Julia Pierpont
Leslie Pietrzyk
Jon Pineda
Robert M. Poole
Ellen F. M. Posner
D.A. Powell
Nani Power
Skip Press
David A. Price
Francine Prose
Leslie Prosterman
Mary Quattlebaum
Mary Quattlebaum
Tala Abu Rahmeh
Lee Rainie
Peter Ramos
Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine
Lynnie Raybuck
Srikanth Reddy
Nick Reding
Diane Rehm
Nicole Reid
Nicole Louise Reid
Laura I. Rendón
Sonya Renee
Yelizaveta Renfro
Stanley Renshon
Frederick Reuss
Carter Revard
Barbara Jane Reyes
Sheri Reynolds
Katherine Russell Rich
Michael Richman
Phyllis C. Richman
Lee Riley-Hammer
David C. Rine
Rick Rinehart
Alexandra Robbins
Karen Griffin Roberts
Larry Robertson
Ray Robertson
Curtis Christopher Robinson
Kim Stanley Robinson
Larry L. Rockwood
Joe Romano
Mariana Romo-Carmona
Ruth Preston Rose
Tricia Rose
Roy Rosenzweig
Davy Rothbart
David Rovics
Lucinda Roy
Marina Koestler Ruben
Richard E. Rubenstein
Richard E. Rubenstein
Josh Ruebner
Mary Doria Russell
Andrew Ryan
Kent Ryden

S-Z

Ariel Sabar
Omid Safi
Susan Salluzo
John S. Salmon
Robert J. Samuelson
Marjorie Sandor
Esmeralda Santiago
Mark Satin
Joe Schall
Rosalyn Schanzer
Jane Schapiro
Joan Schenkar
Renee Schettler
Diana Schmidt
Robert J. Schneller, Jr.
Olivia Schoeller
Joan Vannorsdall Schroeder
Nancy Schwalb
Caren Scott
Meryle Secrest
Francine Segan
Kathleen Gilles Seidel
Linda Seligmann
Kyle Semmel
Yvonne Seng
Vince Sescoe
Ann Falcone Shalaski
Alan Shapiro
Anne Sheldon
Joshua Wolf Shenk
Judy Shepard
Caitlin Shetterly
David Shields
Jessica Shines
Craig Shirley
Nicole Shivers
Colleen J. Shogan
Jane Shore
Porter Shreve
Susan Richards Shreve
Clyde Shugart
Michael Signer
Ron Silliman
Michael Sims
Patsy Sims
Michelle Singletary
George Singleton
Jane Smiley
Richard Norton Smith
Charlene E. McGee Smith
Lori Smith
Karen Lee Smith
Rod Smith
Rob Smith
Richard Norton Smith
Suzanne Smith
Abraham Smith
J.D. Smith
Michelle Smith-Bermiss
Kevin Smokler
Charlotte Smutko
Asali Solomon
Lisa Russ Spaar
Tom Stamp
Niall Stanage
Les Standiford
Daniel Stashower
Peter Stearns
Garth Stein
Jonny Steinberg
Nancy Steorts
Dr. Esther M. Sternberg
Esther M. Sternberg
Sarah Stillman
Susan Stockdale
Kathryn Stockett
Dick Stohr
Mark Strand
Connie & Mayo Stuntz
Allan Stypeck
Ned Sublette
Amy Sullivan
Terese Svoboda
Susan Swain
James L. Swanson
David Swanson
Michael Swanwick
Robert Sward
Sarah Mansfield Taber
Veronique Tadjo
Pia Tafdrup
Lee M. Talbot
Marcia Talley
Jayanti Tamm
Amy Tan
Deborah Tannen
David Taylor
Henry Taylor
Michelle Tea
Brian Teare
Hilary Tham
Lori L. Tharps
Charlie Thomas
Lee Thomas
Marie-Thérèse Labossière Thomas
Christina Thompson
John Thorn
Adam Throne
Mark Thurston
Susan Tichy
Mike Tidwell
Gioia Timpanelli
Charles Todd
Lisa Tracy
Jack Trammell
Natasha Trethewey
Peter G. Tsouras
Elizabeth Tucker
Melissa Tuckey
Dietlinde Turban
James S. Turner
Brian Turner
Penelope Tzougros
Marylouise Uhlig
Jessica Valenti
Robert Vay
Reetika Vazirani
Dan Vera
George Vercessi
María Eugenia Verdaguer
Abraham Verghese
Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave
Teun Voeten
Matthew Vollmer
Sidney Wade
Margaret E. Wagner
Joan C. Waits
Jeanne Murray Walker
Ryan Walker
Mark Wallace
Randall Wallace
Robert Wallace
Peter Wallenstein
David Wallis
Ken Walsh
Jess Walter
Eric Ward
Michelle Waslin
James Webb
Robyn Webb
Janine R. Wedel
Turtle Wegerzyn
Erik Weihenmayer
Steven H. Weinberger
Beckie Weinheimer
Alan Weisman
John Weisman
Bill Wellington
Tim Wendel
Dr. Patricia Jabbeh Wesley
Cornel West
Robert Whitaker
Amy Brecount White
Ed White
Amy Brecount White
Philip White
Frank Whittington
Isabel Wilkerson
Roger Wilkins
C.K. Williams
Juan Williams
David R. Williams
Lisa Williams
Abby Wilner
D. Harlan Wilson
Ronaldo V. Wilson
Mark Winegardner
Andrew Wingfield
Morley Winograd
Barb Winters
Martha Witt
Michelle Wolf
Tobias Wolff
Diane Wolkstein
Carmen Rose Marshall Wong
Diane R. Wood
Karenne Wood
Jacqueline Woodson
Angela Woodward
Carolyne Wright
Robyn Wright
Jay Wright
John C. Wright
Susi Wyss
Amy Waters Yarsinske
Margaret Yocom
Edwin Yoder
Leslie Young
Jeffrey Zaslow
Ande Zellman
Bob Zellner
Mary Kay Zuravleff