List of Past Writers
A Comprehensive List of The Clemson Literary Festival Past Writers
Alphabetical:
Abraham Smith (2017)
Adam Johnson (2015)
Alan Rossi (2019)
Alegra Hyde (2021)
Alicia Mountain (2021)
Alissa Nutting (2014)
Andrew Kozma (2009)
Anne-Marie Fyfe (2015)
April Ayers Lawson (2018)
Ariana Reines (2013)
Ashley Capps (2009)
Ashley M. Jones (2019)
Ashley Warlick (2009)
Austin Bunn (2017)
Becky Adnot-Haynes (2019)
Ben George (2015)
Ben Mirov (2013)
Benjamin Percy (2014)
Beth Ann Fennelly (2016)
Betsy Teter (2015)
Blas Falconer (2010)
Bonnie Nadzam (2013)
Brando Skyhorse (2017)
Brent Hendricks (2009)
Brigid Hughes (2015)
Brock Clarke (2008 & 2015)
C.L. Dallat (2015)
Camille Dungy (2008)
Camille Rankine (2017)
Charles McLeod (2013)
Charles Simic (2016)
Chen Chen (2019)
Chris Bachelder (2012)
Christopher Soto (2021)
Claire Bateman (2009)
Claire Jiménez (2024)
Claire Luchette (2024)
Craig Morgan Teicher (2014)
Cynthia Cruz (2019)
Dan Albergotti (2024)
Dan Beachy-Quick (2016)
Daniel Wallace (2015)
Danielle Evans (2015)
Dave Eggers (2008)
Davi Walders (2011)
David Joy (2024)
David Kirby (2010)
Denise Duhamel (2014)
Desiree C. Bailey (2023)
Donald Ray Pollock (2010)
Doris Betts (2009)
Dunya Mikhail (2018)
Dustin M. Hoffman (2023)
Dustin Pearson (2019)
Eduardo C. Corral (2013)
Emily Rosko (2018)
Ethan Hauser (2014)
Eugenia Leigh (2024)
G.C. Waldrep (2016)
Geffery Davis (2018)
George Singleton (2009)
Glenis Redmond (2018)
Glenn Shaheen (2013)
Haki Madhubuti (2017)
Harmony Holiday (2012)
Harrison Scott Key (2024)
Heather Christle (2012)
Holly Goddard Jones (2013)
Jamaal May (2018)
Jeff Parker (2015)
Jennifer Egan (2013)
Jennifer Knox (2010)
Jenny Gropp (2018)
Jericho Brown (2023)
Jessica Jacobs (2022)
Jessica Lee Richardson (2023)
Jillian Weise (2015)
John McNally (2011)
John Pursley III (2009)
John Sealy (2015)
John Warner (2012)
Joanna Ruocco (2022)
Josh Bell (2010)
Josh Russell (2009)
Julia Elliott (2019)
Julia Koets (2021)
Julie Carr (2015)
Katherine Heiny (2016)
Kathi Wolfe (2021)
Kathryn Kirkpatrick (2014)
Keith Flynn (2009)
Keith Lee Morris (2009)
Kelly Link (2014)
Kemi Alabi (2022)
Kevin A. Gonzalez (2011)
Kevin Wilson (2011)
Laura Leigh Morris (2019)
Laura van den Berg (2012)
Lauren Berry (2015)
Lauren Groff (2022)
Leigh Anne Couch (2011)
Leslie Parry (2016)
Lev Grossman (2012)
Lily Hoang (2018)
Liz Countryman (2023)
M.O. Walsh (2023)
Maggie Mitchell (2021)
Major Jackson (2008)
Manuel Gonzales (2023)
Marcy Dermansky (2011)
Mark Bibbins (2011)
Mark Halliday (2011)
Mark Sibley-Jones (2022)
Marlon James (2014)
Marream Krollos (2024)
Mary Miller (2016)
Mathias Svalina (2014)
Matthew Cooperman (2019)
Matthew Dickman (2010)
Matthew Vollmer (2018)
Maurice Manning (2012)
Melinda Long (2014)
Melissa Crowe (2024)
Michael F. Parker (2010)
Michael Griffith (2010)
Mindy Friddle (2009)
Nancy Middleton (2011)
Natalie Diaz (2024)
Natalie Shapero (2014)
Natasha Trethewey (2014)
Nate Marshall (2016)
Nickole Brown (2022)
Nikky Finney (2021)
Oindrila Mukherjee (2011)
Patricia Lockwood (2017)
Paul Beatty (2018)
Paul Guest (2017)
Rachel McKibbens (2010)
Randall Kenan (2016)
Rhett Iseman Trull (2011)
Richard Ford (2012)
Richard Michelson (2008)
Rick Moody (2010)
Rick Mulkey (2018)
Ron Moran (2011, 2014)
Ron Rash (2008)
Ross Gay (2015)
Sabrina Orah Mark (2024)
Sally Wen Mao (2022)
Samuel Amadon (2023)
Sandra Beasley (2022)
Santee Frazier (2021, 2023)
Sara Majka (2015)
Sarah Blackman (2009 & 2019)
Sarah Domet (2019)
Scott Gould (2018)
Sheri Joseph (2010)
Sheri Reynolds (2023)
Shobha Rao (2017)
Sonja Condit (2014)
Srikanth Reddy (2016)
Steve Almond (2022)
Steve Healey (2012)
Steven Dunn (2022)
Sun Yung Shin (2021)
Susan Tekulve (2014)
Tessa Fontaine (2021)
Tom Bissell (2010)
Tommy Hays (2014)
Tyehimba Jess (2019)
Victoria Chang (2015)
Viet Thanh Nguyen (2017)
Vivian Shipley (2008)
Wendy Xu (2017)
Headliners by year:
2008 Dave Eggers (finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction)
2009 NA
2010 David Kirby (National Book Critics Circle Member) & Rick Moody (Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters)
2011 Mark Halliday (National Poetry Series)
2012 Richard Ford (Pulitzer Prize)
2013 Jennifer Egan (Pulitzer Prize)
2014 Natasha Trethewey (Poet Laurette, Pulitzer Prize)
2015 Adam Johnson (National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize)
2016 Charles Simic (Pulitzer Prize)
2017 Viet Thanh Nguyen (Pulitzer Prize)
2018 Paul Beatty (National Book Critics Circle, Booker Prize)
2019 Tyehimba Jess (Pulitzer Prize)
2020 COVID
2021 Nikky Finney (National Book Award)
2022 Lauren Groff (Finalist for the National Book Award, Times 100 Most Influential 2024)
2023 Jericho Brown (Pulitzer Prize)
2024 Natalie Diaz (Pulitzer Prize)
2025 Percival Everett (National Book Award)
