Visiting Writers

Each residency features a new group of distinguished visiting faculty and artists–learn more about them here.

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David Almond

Visiting Writer

M. T. Anderson

Visiting Writer

Elana Arnold

Visiting Writer

Jenn Bailey

Visiting Writer

Marion Dane Bauer

Visiting Writer

Julie Berry

Visiting Writer

Vanessa Brantley Newton

Visiting Writer

Jen Breach

Assistant Director, MFA in WCYA

Joseph Bruchac

Visiting Writer

Kacen Callender

Visiting Writer

Ann Dávila Cardinal

Darrow Lecturer

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Lucy Christopher

Visiting Writer

Henry Cole

Visiting Writer

Kathryn Erskine

Visiting Writer

Feather Flores

Guest Agent, WCYA Alumnx Mini-Residency

Gilbert Ford

Visiting Illustrator

Marie-Louise Gay

Visiting Writer

Mini Grey

Visiting Writer

Nikki Grimes

Visiting Writer

Donna Barba Higuera

Visiting Writer, WCYA

Melanie Jacobson

Alumnx Darrow Lecturer, WCYA

Penny Kittle

Visiting Writer

Kirby Larson

Visiting Writer

Kelly Starling Lyons

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Leonard S. Marcus

Visiting Writer

Janae Marks

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Yamile Saied Méndez

Visiting Writer

Lyn Miller-Lachmann

Darrow Lecturer, MFA in WCYA

Oge Mora

Visiting Writer/Illustrator, MFA in WCYA

Jennifer Nielsen

Visiting Writer

Naomi Novik

Visiting Writer, WCYA

Ellen Oh

Visiting Writer

Siobhán Parkinson

Visiting Writer

Julie Paschkis

Visiting Writer

Katherine Paterson

Visiting Writer

Daria Peoples-Riley

Visiting Writer

Mitali Perkins

Visiting Writer

Philip Pullman

Visiting Writer

Randy Ribay

Visiting Writer

Graham Salisbury

Visiting Writer

April Pulley Sayre

Visiting Writer

Marcus Sedgwick

Visiting Writer

Anita Silvey

Visiting Writer

David Small

Visiting Writer

Charles R. Smith

Visiting Writer

Cynthia Leitich Smith

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Rebecca Stead

Visiting Writer

Maggie Stiefvater

Visiting Writer

Shadra Strickland

Visiting Writer

Jillian Tamaki

Visiting Writer

Don Tate

Visiting Writer

Nick Thomas

Visiting Editor, MFA in WCYA

Padma Venkatraman

Visiting Writer

Katherena Vermette

Visiting Writer

Rita Williams-Garcia

Visiting Writer

Ashley Wolff

Visiting Writer

Brian Lee Young

Visiting Writer, MFA in WCYA

Ibi Zoboi

Visiting Writer