Richard Scowcroft

Richard Scowcroft (June 26, 1916 – October 8, 2001) was an American writer and teacher of writers long associated with Stanford University, where he co-founded the creative-writing program with, and ultimately succeeded, Wallace Stegner as director.[1] Among the writers taught were Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, Robert Stone, Larry McMurtry, Karen Rosenbaum, Ed McClanahan, Ken Kesey,[2] Scott Turow[3] and Chuck Kinder.[4] Scowcroft's work frequently featured themes based in his Mormon upbringing.

Novels
  • Children of the Covenant (1945)
  • First Family (1950)
  • A View of the Bay (1955)
  • Wherever She Goes (1966)
  • The Ordeal of Dudley Dean (1969)
  • Back to Fire Mountain (1973)

References
  1. Memorial Resolution: Richard P. Scowcroft, Stanford Report, February 25, 2004.
  2. "Richard Scowcroft" Mormon Literature & Creative Arts database
  3. Oliver, Myrna, "Richard Scowcroft, 85; Novelist Headed Writing Program at Stanford", latimes.com, October 20, 2001. Retrieved 2019-05-09.
  4. Genzlinger, Neil, "Chuck Kinder, Novelist Who Inspired ‘Wonder Boys,’ Dies at 76", New York Times, May 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-09.

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