Literature and Writing
| Name | Class year | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bellairs | 1959 | Gothic novelist best known for work in the horror and mystery genre | |
| John Dearie | 1986 | Author and Vice President of Policy and Research at the Financial Services Forum | |
| Samuel John Hazo | 1949 | Author, poet, and first Poet Laureate of Pennsylvania, an annual award in his name for student poetry is presented at Commencement. | |
| Angela Hur | 2005 (MFA) | Author; Sparks Prize recipient | |
| James Patrick Kelly | 1972 | Author best known for work in science fiction and two-time winner of the Hugo Award | |
| Barry Lopez | 1966 MAT 1968 |
Essayist, poet, and fiction writer | |
| Edwin O'Connor | 1939 | Author and Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel The Last Hurrah | |
| Nicholas Sparks | 1988 | Author best known for novels A Walk to Remember and The Notebook | |
| James Reese | Author of gothic novels | ||
| Kevin Guilfoile | 1990 | Author of the novel Cast of Shadows |
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“In talking with scholars, I observe that they lost on ruder companions those years of boyhood which alone could give imaginative literature a religious and infinite quality in their esteem.”
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“I have spent so long erecting partitions around the part of me that writes—learning how to close the door on it when ordinary life intervenes, how to close the door on ordinary life when it’s time to start writing again—that I’m not sure I could fit the two parts of me back together now.”
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