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In Vera, or Faith, the School of the Arts Writing professor portrays a crumbling modern American family.

Fiction alum Emily Hunt Kivel '20 published her debut novel, Dwelling, with Farrar, Straus and Giroux on August 5, 2025.

Fiction alum Amber Medland '15, author of the novel Wild Pets, has published her second book, nonfiction investigation Attention Seeker: The Truth about ADHD, with Dialogue Books.

By Karen Russell ’06SOA (Alfred A. Knopf).

By Jemimah Wei ’22SOA (Doubleday).

Writing alum Jemimah Weh ’22 has been named one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35.

Writing alum Kimberly King Parsons '10 has won the 2025 Ken Kesey Award for Fiction at the Oregon Book Awards for her debut novel We Were the Universe (Knopf, 2024).

Jennifer Sears ’13 has won the 2025 John Simmons Short Fiction Award for her short story collection What Mennonite Girls are Good For, which will be published by the University of Iowa Press this fall.

In his first book, American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest (Pantheon), alum Kyle Paoletta ’16, reaches back to the 17th century desert—Albuquerque (where Paoletta grew up), Phoenix, Tucson, El Paso, and Las Vegas.

Just two days after Writing alum Holly Brickley ’05 released her debut novel Deep Cuts, Deadline revealed the feature film adaptation, replete with two movie stars, an acclaimed director, and a tastemaker studio.

 

Hogarth Press has acquired North American rights to two novels by Writing Program alum Woody Brown '24.

Talking to Rachel Kushner '01, author of the National Book Award-nominated and Booker Prize shortlisted novel Creation Lake, is like traversing through galactic orbits with black holes pulling you in without you knowing.