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Yale Creative Writing by Yale Students & Alumni: Book List

About This Collection

This collection represents a sampling of published fiction and creative writing by current Yale students and alumni. 

The names below are presented by graduation year, and the links direct to the author's works available at Yale Library (Quicksearch Books+).

R.F. Kuang Yale GSAS '27

Coco Ma Yale '25

Joyce Maynard Yale '24

Rachel Kaufman Yale '19

Lillie Lainoff Yale '18

David Hoppen Yale '17

Emily Hauser Yale '17

Dur E Aziz Amna Yale '15

Austin Carder (translator) Yale '15

Madeleine Henry Yale '14

Spencer Wolff Yale '13

Max Ritvo Yale '13

Sarah Matthes Yale '13

Lauren Oyler Yale '12

Julie Qian Wang Yale '12

Elisabeth Thomas Yale '10

Tochi Onyebuchi Yale '09

Vince Granata Yale '09

Naima Coster Yale '08

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Yale '08

Jaclyn Gilbert Yale '07

Juliet Lapidos Yale '05

Elyssa Friedland Yale '03

Katharine Dion Yale '02

Alexander Tilney Yale '01

Jessica Winter Yale '99

Leigh Bardugo Yale '97

Deesha Philyaw Yale '93

Elisha Cooper Yale '93

Heather Cass White Yale '92

Samantha Power Yale '92

Susan Choi Yale '90

Monique Truong Yale '90

Christina Baker Kline Yale '86

Sarah Blake Yale '83

Joseph Finder Yale '80

Mitchell James Kaplan Yale '79

Julia Glass Yale '78

Alexis Krasilovsky Yale '71

Christopher Tilghman Yale '68

Jeffrey Lewis Yale '66

Highlights (A-Z by Title)