Notable Alumni
- Mary Wells Ashworth, Pulitzer Prize winning historian, 1924
- Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon, 1932
- Eleanor D. Wilson, actress and Tony Award nominee, 1930
- Mary Garber, first woman sportswriter in the Atlantic Coast Conference, 1938
- George Butler, documentary filmmaker and writer, M.A. 1968
- Amanda Cockrell, children's book author, 1969, M.A. 1988
- Ann Compton, ABC News White House correspondent, 1969
- Kiran Desai, author and recipient of the Man Booker Prize in 2006, M.A. 1994
- Annie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize winning writer, 1967, M.A. 1968
- Dorothy Dix, American journalist, 1882
- Tony D'Souza, author of Whiteman, M.A. 1998
- Madison Smartt Bell, author of Ten Indians, M.A. 1981
- Ruth Hale, feminist and founder of the Lucy Stone league
- Cathryn Hankla, American poet, 1982
- Ellen Malcolm, Founder of EMILY's List, 1969
- Sally Mann, photographer, 1974
- Jill McCorkle, author, 1981
- Donna Richardson, fitness and aerobics instructor, author and television sports commentator
- Pamela Jo Howell Slutz, career diplomat and current US Ambassador to Burundi, 1970
- Lee Smith, author and winner of many awards including the Southern Book Critics Circle Award and two O. Henry Awards, 1967
- Ellen Stokes, Emmy nominated and CableACE Award winning producer and director, 1972
- Henry S. Taylor, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, M.A. 1966
- Carol Semple Thompson, golf champion, 1970
- Natasha Trethewey, American poet and winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2007, M.A. 1991
- Edna Henry Lee Turpin, American author of children's books
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