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Faculty & Guest Speakers

2025 Faculty & Guest Speakers

Kimberly Witherspoon

Didi Jackson black and white photo

Didi Jackson

Johnny Temple headshot

Johnny Temple

Luis Alberto Urrea headshot

Luis Alberto Urrea

Sterling Watson

Helen Wallace bio picture

Helen Pruitt Wallace

Gloria Muñoz

Dennis Lehane

Lauren Groff headshot

Lauren Groff

Michael Koryta

Michael Ruhlman headshot

Michael Ruhlman

Mitchell Kaplan headshot

Mitchell Kaplan

Stewart O’Nan

Ana Menendez headshot

Ana Menéndez

Laura Lippman headshot

Laura Lippman

Major Jackson photo (credit to Beowulf Sheehan)

Major Jackson

Ann Hood

Andre Dubus III

Karen Russell headshot

Karen Russell

Alex Segura headshot

Alex Segura

Man resting arm over a stack of books

Les Standiford

2025 Faculty & Guest Speakers

Director:
Les Standiford

Faculty:
Andre Dubus III
Ann Hood
Michael Koryta
Didi Jackson
Major Jackson
Laura Lippman
Ana Menéndez
Stewart O’Nan
Alex Segura
Les Standiford
Luis Alberto Urrea
Sterling Watson

Guest Speakers:
Lauren Groff
Mitchell Kaplan
Gloria Muñoz
Michael Ruhlman
Karen Russell
Johnny Temple
Helen Pruitt Wallace
Kimberly Witherspoon

Preston L. Allen
Manette Ansay
Julianna Baggott
Erin Belieu
Elizabeth Berg
Emily Bernard
Jill Bialosky
Madeleine Blais
Richard Blanco
Lexy Bloom
Mark Bowden
Laure-Anne Bosselaar
Lan Samantha Chang
Billy Collins
Bill Contardi
Gerald Costanzo
Tracy Crow
Silvia Curbelo
Debra Dean
Tim Dorsey
Jack Driscoll
John Dufresne
Denise Duhamel
Dawn Davies
Anjanette Delgado
Stephen Dunn

Patricia Engel
Jonathan Escoffery
Beth Ann Fennelly
Jofie Ferrari-Adler
Marc Fitten
Nick Flynn
Tom Franklin
Lisa Gallagher
George Gibson
Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Jane Hamilton
Terrance Hayes
Brian Helgeland
Lee Hope
Pam Houston
Didi Jackson
Major Jackson
Morgan Jerkins
Karina Berg Johansson
Ashley M. Jones
Fabienne Josaphat
Mitchell Kaplan
Meg Kearney
Joshua Kendall
Stephen King
Michael Koryta

Cynthia Lamb
Dennis Lehane
Attica Locke
Jennifer Maritza McCauley
Dionisio Martinez
Richard Mathews
Laura McCaffrey
Caterine McKinley
Ana Menéndez
Roland Merullo
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Gloria Muñoz
Thisbe Nissen
Tim O’Brien
Dzvinia Orlowsky
Gregory Pardlo
Ann Patchett
Cathy Pelletier
Tom Perrotta
Richard Pine
Richard Price
Nahid Rachlin

Sheri Reynolds
Ann Rittenberg
Lori Roy
Michael Ruhlman
Richard Russo
Elissa Schappell
Amy Schiffman
Dani Shapiro
John Searles
Anita Shreve
David Simon
David Hale Smith
Michael Steinberg
Elizabeth Strout
Johnny Temple
Luis Alberto Urrea
Daniel Vilmure
Claire Wachtel
Jess Walter
Kimberly Witherspoon
Daniel Woodrell
David Yoo