Alumni Publications
In his debut poetry collection, Decay Studies (Six Gallery Press), alum Arthur Seefahrt ’14 extracts moments of silence out of beautiful noise.
In Our Likeness, a debut novel from writing alum Bryan VanDyke ’00, released on September 1 from Little A, a literary imprint of Amazon Publishing. The novel, a science fiction fable about the possibility and terror of new technology, reflects VanDyke’s own fascination with AI, a fascination that would directly help him sell the book.
Adjunct Associate Professor and alum Lynn Steger Strong '14 is set to release her fourth novel, The Float Test, on April 8 of 2025 through HarperCollins. The book explores themes of family, ambition, secrets, and love against the backdrop of a sweltering Florida summer.
Fiction alum Jemimah Wei '22 will publish her debut novel, The Original Daughter, with Doubleday on May 6, 2025.
Writing alum Carolyn Jack '16 explores family trauma and the world of opera in her debut novel The Changing of Keys, released in August by Regal House Publishing.
Journalist and Nonfiction student Carlos Barragán has sold his debut book The Yahoo Boys to FSG in a pre-emptive deal. The book is a nonfiction portrait of the “Yahoo Boys,” tech-savvy young men in Nigeria who make a living conducting online romance scams, targeting lonely victims often from the United States.
I Leave It Up to You, the sophomore novel from Writing alum Jinwoo Chong ’21, is set to release on March 4, 2025 from Ballantine Books.
These works of historical fiction, all by Columbia alumni, provide fascinating windows into life long ago, with plenty of wisdom for our current age.
Writing alumna Kristin Vukovic '09 has published her debut novel The Cheesemaker’s Daughter (Regalo Press, 2024).
Writing alumnus John O’Connor ’03 has published The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster (Sourcebooks, 2024). The nonfiction book is a heartfelt exploration of a cornerstone of American folklore, unpacking why we believe in the things that we do, what that says about us, and how it shapes our world.
Nonfiction alumna Padya Paramita ’22 has sold her debut novel, Appetite, to Dial Press.
In The Secret History of Bigfoot, journalist John O’Connor ’03 explores the mystery and legacy of the North American sasquatch.