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*Daniel Aaron (BA 1933) “…may be the most eminent living critic of American literature and culture.” He is the author of many articles and books, including, "Men of Good Hope: A Story of American Progressives", "The Unwritten War: Writers of the Civil War" and, with Richard Hofstadter and William Miller, "The Structure of American History", all books that have appeared in numerous editions.
*Max Apple , (BA 1963). Author of: "The Oranging of America" (1976, short stories), "Zip: A Novel of the Left and the Right" (1978, novel), "Three Stories" (1983, short stories), "Free Agents" (1984, novel), "The Propheteers: A Novel" (1987, novel), "Roommates: My Grandfather's Story" (1994, biography, of Apple's grandfather)
*Robert Arthur, Jr. , (BA 1930), writer, novelist, editor. Created the juvenile "The Three Investigators " mystery series and worked on the anthology TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents ".
* Erik Barmack, (B.A. 1995), born 1973, author of the novel, "The Virgin" and the non-fiction book, "Why Fantasy Football Matters"
*Sven Birkerts , (A.B. 1973), Essayist and author of "The Gutenberg Elegies"
*John Ciardi (M.A. 1939), Pulitzer Prize winning Poet "Blue Skies".
*Mary Gaitskill , "Bad Behavior" (1988), "Two Girls", "Fat and Thin" (1991), "Because They Wanted To" (1997) (stories), "Veronica" (2005).
*Josh Greenfeld , novelist, playwright, screenwriter and author of "A Child Called Noah" trilogy.
*Judith Guest , 1959, wrote "Ordinary People ".
*Aaron Hamburger (B.A. 1995) (born1973 ) is an Americanwriter best known for his short story collection "The View from Stalin's Head " (2004) and novel "Faith for Beginners " (2005). "The View from Stalin's Head" was awarded theRome Prize by theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters and theAmerican Academy in Rome . His next book, "Faith for Beginners", is a novel about a dysfunctional family vacation inJerusalem , and was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award.
*Robert Hayden , (MA 1944), Professor of Poetry 1969-1980.
*James Avery Hopwood , (AB 1905), playwright, established the U-M Hopwood Awards (won by Arthur Miller and Lawrence Kasdan, q.v.)
*Jane Kenyon , (B.A 1970, M.A. 1972), poet and wife of former Michigan ProfessorDonald Hall , U.S. Poet Laureate.
*Elizabeth Kostova , (M.F.A. 2004), writer. Her first novel, "The Historian ", was published in 2005, and has become a best-seller.
*David Levering Lewis (MDNG) is an American historian and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, for part one and part two of his biography of W.E.B. Du Bois (in 1994 and 2001, respectively). He is the first author to win two Pulitzer Prizes for biography for back-to-back volumes. When the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, Lewis attended Booker T. Washington High School until his early admission on scholarship to Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1956. Lewis briefly attended the University of Michigan Law School, then transferred to Columbia University where he earned his M.A. in history in 1959.MacArthur Foundation award winner.
*Janet Malcolm , 1955, was a writer for "The New Yorker " and wrote "In the Freud Archives".
*Thomas McGuane (MDNG), novelist
*Arthur Miller , (AB 1938), playwright, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning author of "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible", and erstwhile husband ofMarilyn Monroe
*Howard Moss , won thePulitzer Prize for Poetry for "Selected Poems" in 1971.
*Patrick O'Keeffe, (MFA), winner of the Chamberlain Award for Creative Writing for "Above the Bar". (administered by theHopwood Program ) and instructor in the University of Michigan's Sweetland Writing Center has won the 2006Story Prize , the richest U.S. prize for short fiction, for "The Hill Road", a collection of four novellas set in a fictional Irish farming village. O'Keeffe's writing has been compared to the Irish short-story and novel writer William Trevor. Mr. O'Keeffe received the 2006Whiting Writers Award at a ceremony Oct. 25 at The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City
*Frank O’Hara, (M.A. 1951). Author of: "A City Winter and Other Poems","Oranges: 12 pastorals", "Second Avenue", "Odes", "Lunch Poems". "Love Poems".
*Susan Olasky , (AB 1975), author.
*Susan Orlean , (AB 1976), wrote "The Orchid Thief". The book was made into the movie "Adaptation".
*Marge Piercy , (AB 1957), wrote "Braided Lives" and "Fly Away Home".Hopwood Program award winner.
*Theodore Roethke , (A.B. 1929) Poet and winner of the 1954Pulitzer Prize for his collection "The Waking"
*Ari Roth playwright and Artistid Director ofTheater J
*Allen Seager , author, "Amos Berry" and "A Frieze of Girls"
*Betty Smith , (1921-22, 1927, 1931), author of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn"
*James Tobin, (1978, MA 1979, PhD 1986), wrote "To Conquer the Air", "Ernie Pyle's War", and "Great Projects".
*David Tucker (BA) Journalist and poet Tucker studied poetry with Donald Hall and Robert Hayden at the University of Michigan. In 2005, Tucker’s first volume of poetry, "Late for Work", won a Bakeless Literary Prize from Middlebury College Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. According to the publisher, Houghton Mifflin, “‘Late for Work’ follows reporters jostling for headlines, evoking the gritty glamour of the newsroom in wry, poignant poems.” Tucker has worked for 28 years at leading newspapers and is a member of the New Jersey Star-Ledger team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news.
*Ronald Wallace
*Nancy Willard (BA, Ph.D).In 1982, she received theNewbery Medal for "A Visit to William Blake's Inn ".
*Edmund White , (AB 1962), wrote for "Vanity Fair" and "The New Yorker".
*Stewart Edward White ,(Ph.D., 1895; M.A., 1903). AuthorArt, architecture, design
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Charles Correa (ARCH: B.Arch. 1953); Honorary Doctor of Architecture degree from the UM in 1980.
*John De Lorean (BUS: MBA 1957) - GM Group Vice President and Designer of the "back to the future" gull-wing automobile
*John Dinkeloo - Civil Engineer and partner of 1982Pritzker Prize laureateKevin Roche in the firmRoche-Dinkeloo .
*Alden B. Dow (b.April 10 1904 ,Midland, Michigan – d.August 20 1983 ) was an Americanarchitect ; he was the son ofHerbert Henry Dow (founder of theDow Chemical Company ) andGrace A. Dow .
*Dan Dworsky (ARCH: B.Arch. 1950). Designed the University'sCrisler Arena as well as the Federal Reserve Bank in Los Angeles. He is a fellow of theAmerican Institute of Architects and his work has received over 80 national, regional, and community awards for design excellence, including a Gold Medal from the LA Chapter of AIA. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in 2004. Dan played fullback, linebacker, and center at Michigan. He was a starter all four years of his football career playing on some of the greatest Wolverine teams in history. He was a key member of Coach Fritz Crisler's national championship teams in 1947 and 1948. Dan attended UM on a football scholarship while studying architecture. During that time he earned six letters for varsity athletics - four in football and two in wrestling where he competed in the heavyweight division. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dons in 1949. When the team folded, he turned down an offer to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers and returned to Michigan to finish his architecture degree. Dworsky was inducted into theJewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1981. In 1983 he was selected as a member of the All Time 50 year Rose Bowl Team.
*Tony Fadell (COE: BSE CompE 1991) - "Father" of the AppleiPod .
*Mike Kelley (BFA 1976) Became bad boy gross out artist in L.A. in the style ofPaul McCarthy .
*Charles Willard Moore (ARCH: B.Arch 1947), 1992 Hon Arch D. Designer of Lurie Tower on Michigan's North Campus. Winner of theAIA Gold Medal in1991 .
*Robert Nickle (AB 1943) (b. 1919, Saginaw, Michigan - d. 1980) was an influential 20th Century American artist known primarily for his "street scrap"collage work. Nickle studied architecture and design at Michigan. Nickle worked and taught primarily in Chicago, Illinois where he was affiliated with theArt Institute of Chicago .
*Marian Sarah Parker (COE: BSE CE 1895) - First American woman to receive a civil engineering degree. A member ofPurdy & Henderson , she helped to design such revolutionary steel skyscrapers as New York'sFlat Iron Building and theWaldorf Astoria Hotel.
*ColonelWilliam A. Starrett , (COE: B.S.C.E. 1897, D.Eng. (hon.) 1931). Starrett was general contractor for theEmpire State Building and responsible for its record-making construction pace (completed in one year and 45 days).
*John Tishman (COE: BSE EE 1946, honorary Doctorate of Engineering 2000), a founding partner ofTishman Realty and Construction . Tishman built the first three buildings 100 stories and above in the world—theJohn Hancock Center in Chicago and the twin, 110-story towers of theWorld Trade Center in New York. He also managed construction for Disney's $1-billionEPCOT Center in Florida, and the renovation and restoration of the landmarkCarnegie Hall in New York.
*Raoul Wallenberg (ARCH: B.Arch 1935): Swedish diplomat famous for assisting Hungarian Jews in late World War II.Arts and entertainment
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The Arbors , '60s pop group (all four members; group named afterAnn Arbor, Michigan )
*Robert Asprin , (MDNG: 1964-1965). Science-fiction and fantasy author.
*Clarice Assad , (MA) Her master’s thesis concerto has been recorded byNadja Salerno-Sonnenberg .
*Dean Bakopoulos , 1997, novelist, "Please Don't Come Back From the Moon"
*Michael Bellavia , (BS 1991),Emmy Award winning PresidentAnimax Entertainment
*Peter Benedek , (A.B. 1970). Co-founder and senior partner ofUnited Talent Agency (UTA), a literary and talent agency which represents, inter alia, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Ben Stiller and Jack Black.
*Selma Blair , (BA 1994), actress, known for "Cruel Intentions " and "Legally Blonde "
*Gavin Creel , (BFA),Tony Award -nominated actor
*George Crumb , (MUSIC: Ph. D 1959)composer
*David Daniels (MM 1992), countertenor
*Joe Dassin , French singer
*Ann B. Davis , (BFA 1948), played live-in maid "Alice" onThe Brady Bunch TV series
*William Doppmann made his solo debut with the Cincinnati Symphony at the age of 10. During his sophomore year at the University of Michigan, he won two of America's “…most coveted awards for young artists, theWalter W. Naumburg award in New York and the Michaels Memorial Award in Chicago”, being the only musician to win both awards in the same year. In 1988 he received the University of Michigan's distinguished Alumni Citation of Merit and has been an annual recipient of anASCAP Award since 1993.
*Michael Dunn (MDNG) AKA Gary Neil Miller. His filmography as actor includes: The Mutations (25-Sep-1974); Murders in the Rue Morgue (Sep-1971); Boom (26-May-1968) ;No Way to Treat a Lady (20-Mar-1968) ; Madigan (13-Mar-1968) ;You're a Big Boy Now (9-Dec-1966); Ship of Fools (29-Jul-1965).Dunn was probably best known for his recurring role as mad scientist Dr. Miguelito Loveless, perpetually pursued by Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon in the 1960s TV series The Wild Wild West.
*Ingrid Eggertsen ,(BFA), an actress whose filmography and TV appearances include: “Quinceañera,” (winner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival), “Diary of an Affair” on E! and “What Should You Do?” on Lifetime, and the films “Smile” and “Lost in the Garden of Eden’.
*Jacques Espinasse , (BUS: BBA 1965, MBA 1966), CFO ofVivendi Universal , owner of Universal Studios and Universal Music Group.
*George Finkel, (BA 1958), TV Sports Producer forNBC Sports 1971-1990. Won 3 Emmy awards.
*Hunter Foster , (BFA),Tony Award -nominated actor
*Neal Gabler , (LAW: JD), as a student at the University of Michigan in the late 1960s, he filed so often for the Michigan Daily that, at its 50th anniversary, he was cited as having produced more column inches than anyone else in the paper's history. Author: "An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood" was published in 1989; "Winchell: Gossip, Power, and the Culture of Celebrity" (1994); "Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998)"; "Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination" (2006).
*Frank Bunker Gilbreth Jr. , 1933, wrote "Cheaper by the Dozen ".
*Dan Glickman , (BA 1966), President and CEO of theMotion Picture Association of America , Inc.
*Muriel Costa-Greenspon , (AB, MA), a mezzo-soprano who "… stood as one of New York City Opera's most valuable players for thirty years…"…"…was adored by audiences for her zesty performing style and admired by composers, conductors and singing colleagues for her intelligent, committed musicianship and incisive singing." Born in Detroit, a daughter of deaf parents.
*David Alan Grier , (BA 1978), actor/comedian
*Cathy Guisewite , (BA 1972), author, creator of "Cathy" comic strip
*Jon Hein , (BA 1989), creator of the popularJump the Shark website.
*Katt Hernandez , (B.F.A. 1997), Improvising violinist, microtonalist, and Maverick, toured the Country withVashti Bunyan , and created new techniques for string multi-phonics and microtonal harmonics.
*Lawrence C. Hull , (BA 1905), the first Rhodes Scholar chosen from Michigan.
*Ruth Hussey (1911-2005), actress
*Gregory Jbara (1981), actor [ [http://www.music.umich.edu/departments/theatre/files/theatredrama2005.pdf Theatre at Michigan, 2005/2006 Volume 17, Page #12 and #14 (PDF file)] ]
*James Earl Jones , (BFA 1955), actor, the voice of "Darth Vader " in the "Star Wars " movies, winner of twoTony Awards
*Tusshar Kapoor , actor in Indian cinema
*Nancy Kovack (b.March 11 1935 ,Flint, Michigan ) is an Americanactress . She attended theUniversity of Michigan at age 15 and graduated by 19. At the age of 20 she had won eight beauty titles. She has appeared on a number of TV episodes, including "", "Bewitched ", "Batman", "Perry Mason", "The Man from U.N.C.L.E. ", and "Burke's Law ". In1969 she was nominated for anEmmy for an appearance on "Mannix ". She also had parts in "Strangers When We Meet" (1960 ), "Diary of a Madman" (1963 ) withVincent Price , "The Outlaws Is Coming " (1965 ) withThe Three Stooges , "Sylvia" (1965 ), "Tarzan and the Valley of Gold " (1966 ), and "Frankie and Johnny" (1966 ).
*Christine Lahti , (BFA 1972), actress, winner of the Academy Award, anEmmy , and twoGolden Globe awards.
*Matt Letscher Film and TV actor. Played Capt. Love inThe Mask of Zorro .
*Hollis Urban Lester Liverpool (Ph.D.ethnomusicology ), better known as Chalkdust (born1941 ),calypsonian fromTrinidad and Tobago and ethnomusicologist at theUniversity of the Virgin Islands .
*Lucy Liu , (BFA 1990), actress, best known for work in "Ally McBeal " and for the movie versions of "Charlie's Angels" .
*Madonna, (MDNG: 1976-1978), singer and actress.
*Ross Macdonald , (MA 1942, PhD 1952), wrote the "Lew Archer Mystery Series"
*Strother Martin , (BA 1947), actor, member of the diving team.
*Jeff Marx , (BFA 1993),Tony Award winning co-creator/composer/lyricist of the hit Broadway musical "Avenue Q ".
*Bob McGrath , (1954), actor/singer/writer best known as "Bob" from thePBS children's television series "Sesame Street ".
*Brad Meltzer , (BA 1992), author of several popular novels and creator of TV series "Jack and Bobby".
*Marian Mercer ,Tony Award -winning actress.
*Dawn Xiana Moon , (AB 2003), writer and musician.
*Randy Napoleon , (BFA 1999) jazz guitarist.
*Robert E. Nederlander (A.B., 1955; LAW: J.D., 1958), a limited partner in the New York Yankee Partnership, president and director of Nederlander Organization, Inc., and president of Nederlander Television and Film Production. A former U-M regent.
*Robert Nederlander, Jr. (BS 1985; LAW: JD 1989) President & CEO Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, which is focused on new business development for the family’s Nederlander “brand”.
*Jessye Norman , (MUSIC: MMUS 1968; HSCD 1987), is an opera/concert singer.
*Martin Pakledinaz , (MFA 1976) and two-timeTony Award winner.
*Felix Pappalardi , musician, record producer.
*David Paymer , (BA 1975) character actor ("Carpool ", "Get Shorty ")
*Iggy Pop , (MDNG: 1963-1964) rock star
*Mark Powell , (BM 1992) American conductor, composer, and music educator, founder of ARCO - The American Radio Chamber Orchestra
*Gilda Radner , (BA 1970), actress and comedian, best known for her work on "Saturday Night Live "
*Ted Raimi , (BA 1983), actor, best known for his work on "seaQuest DSV " and "".
*Roger Reynolds (COE: BSE) Composer. His 25-minute-long piece for string orchestra, "Whispers out of Time", won the 1989Pulitzer Prize for music.
*Robert Roth (BUS: MBA 1979) - Executive Vice President and CFO ofHBO .
*Daniel Bernard Roumain , (Ph. D.), composer and performer, the self-styled "Dred Violinist"
*William Russ , actor, best known for his role as the father on "Boy Meets World "
*Martha Scott , actor,Our Town (Academy award nomination),The Ten Commandments ,Ben Hur .
*William Shawn , (MDNG: 1925-1927) "The New Yorker " editor from 1952-1987
*David Shayman , a.k.a,Disco D , (BUS: BBA 2002) marketing and corporate strategy, teenage DJ prodigy who helped pioneerDetroit booty music and later gave it the "ghettotech " moniker; later relocated to New York and branched out as a producer of hip-hop,R&B , anddancehall tracks for mainstream artists such as50 Cent ,Nina Sky , and more notoriously, the much-malignedKevin Federline single, "Popozão ".
*Ben Tausig , (BA 2002), noted crossword puzzle constructor. Mr. Tausig constructs a weekly crossword aimed at younger solvers which appears in the Village Voice, Chicago Reader, Detroit Metro Times, Washington City Paper, San Francisco Bay Guardian, and many other alternative weeklies. He has published freelance work in the New York Times, New York Sun, Los Angeles Times, and Found magazine.
*Jennifer Laura Thompson , (BFA),Tony Award -nominated actress
*Thomas Tyra , (MUSIC: Ph.D), musician
*Chris Van Allsburg , (BA 1972), author and illustrator, best known for "Jumanji " and "The Polar Express ". Both books were made into films, with "Jumanji" starringRobin Williams , and "Polar Express" starringTom Hanks
*Kapila Vatsyayan (M.A.), Indian arts scholar, founder/director ofIndira Kalakendra .
*Sam Viviano , (A.B. 1975). Art Director and sometime cover illustrator forMAD magazine .Directors/producers/screenwriters
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John Briley , (BA 1951, MA 1952), was a screenwriter/novelist of “Gandhi.”
*Herbert Brodkin , (BA 1924), was a TV producer for "The Defenders", "Playhouse 90", "Sakharov", "Skokie" and "Holocaust".
*Forman Brown (BA 1922) Forman's Yale Puppeteers, which he established upon graduating from University of Michigan, opened a puppet theatre in Los Angeles in the 1920s which attracted celebrity attention and support from some of Hollywood's biggest names, i.e. Greta Garbo, Marie Dressler, and Douglas Fairbanks, as well as other notable figures including Albert Einstein.
*Hal Cooper , (BA 1946), was a TV producer/director for “Maude,” “Dick Van Dyke Show,” “Mayberry RFD,” “That Girl,” “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Empty Nest.”
*Valentine Davies , (BA 1927), was a screenwriter for “Miracle on 34th Street.”
*Jonathan Glickman , (BA 1991), President ofSpyglass Entertainment and producer ofRush Hour (film) series.
*Gary Hardwick , (BA 1982), is a novelist and filmmaker of “Deliver Us From Eva.” Hardwick wrote the screenplay and directed the romantic comedy, which starred LL Cool J.
*Max Hodge , (BA 1939), was a TV writer for “Wild, Wild West,” “Mission Impossible,” “Marcus Welby” and “The Waltons.”
*Lawrence Kasdan , (BA 1970, MA 1972), studied creative writing and won fourHopwood Award s. Best known for his work on the "Star Wars" films, "The Empire Strikes Back " and "Return of the Jedi ", and on "Raiders of the Lost Ark ".
*David Levien , (BA 1989), co-wrote and co-directed “The Knockaround Guys,” a movie about the sons of New York gangsters. Levien also co-wrote the poker movie “Rounders,” which starred Matt Damon.
*David Newman , (BA 1958, MA 1959), was a screenwriter for "Superman I, II, III", "Bonnie & Clyde", "What's Up Doc?" and "Still of the Night".
*Leslie Newman , (BA 1958), was a screenwriter for "Superman".
*Jeff Marx , (BA 1993), is a composer and lyricist of musicals. He is best known for creating the Broadway musical "Avenue Q" with collaborator Robert Lopez. Together, they wrote the show’s 21 songs.
*David Murray , (BA 1990), had his film "Livermore" shown nationwide on the PBS series “Independent Lens.”
*Dudley Nichols , (MDNG: 1914-1917), was a screenwriter for "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Stagecoach", the Oscar winning "The Informer", and "Bringing up Baby"
*Jack O'Brien , (AB 1961, MA 1962), is a Broadway producer of "The Full Monty" and "Hairspray," for which he won a Tony in 2003. He also was the producer of "His Girl Friday" in London for the National Theatre of Great Britain.
*Scott Petersen, (BA 1992), filmed a documentary called “Scrabylon,” set primarily at the 2001 World Scrabble Championships in Las Vegas.
*John Rich, (BA 1948, MA 1949), was a producer for "Maude", "That Girl ", "Mayberry RFD ", and "MacGyver "
*Todd Samovitz , (BA 1989), is co-author of the screenplay “Wonderland”
*Jeffrey Seller , (BA 1986), is a Broadway producer and two-time Tony Award winner for Best Musical ("Rent" in 1996 and "Avenue Q" in 2004). He also is the producer of "In the Heights."
*Robert Shaye (BUS: BBA 1960) - Founder and Co-Chairman,New Line Cinema . Produced "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
*Chris Smith, (MA 2000), co-produced the "Antwone Fisher " movie.
*Roger L. Stevens , (MDNG: 1928-1930, HLLD 1964), was a stage producer for "West Side Story", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "A Man for All Seasons" and "Annie".
*Jack Yellen (BA 1913) - American lyricist and screenwriter, wrote lyrics for "Happy Days Are Here Again ".
*Benj Pasek andJustin Paul (BFAs 2006) - American musical theatre writing team.Fiction/non-fiction
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Arthur Bahr , (BA 1969), Wrote "Certifiably Insane", nominated for and Edgar Allan Poe Award for best new Author in 1999
*Philip Breitmeyer , (AB 1947), wrote "Lightening Ridge! Further Adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
*Jenniffer Coburn , (AB 1988), wrote "The Wife of Reilly" and "Reinventing Mona".
*KC Frederick , (AB 1956, MA 1958, PhD 1963), wrote "Accomplices".
*Underwood Dudley is a native ofNew York City . He receivedPh.D. degree from theUniversity of Michigan . Is known for his popular writing aboutcrank mathematics.
*Terry Gamble (AB 1977), wrote "The Water Dancers", a novel set in northern Michigan.
*Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. , (AB 1933), wrote "Cheaper by the Dozen".
*Thomas Grace, Jr. , (AB 1984) , MARCH'86, is a best-selling author of the adventure thrillers "Spyder Web", "Quantum Web", "Twisted Web", "Bird of Prey" and "Cause of Death".
*Ann Hagedorn , (MALS 1975), wrote "Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the Underground Railroad".
*Steve Hamilton, (AB 1983), wrote "Blood is the Sky", an Alex McKnight mystery set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
*Hervie Haufler , (AB 1941), is the author of "Codebreakers' Victory: How the Allied Cryptographers Won World War II".
*Joyce Henry , (AB 1948), is the author of "Beat the Bard: What's Your Shakespeare IQ?"
*Ross Macdonald , (MA 1942, PhD 1952), wrote the "Lew Archer Mystery Series".
*Brad Meltzer , (AB 1992), has written "The Zero Game", "The Tenth Justice", "Dead Even", "The First Counsel" and "The Millionaires".
*Davi Napoleon , (AB 1966, AM 1968), wrote "Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater".
*Ellen Slezak , (AB 1980), wrote "Last Year's Jesus: A Novella and Nine Stories".
*Gilbert Snider , (MD 1975, Mdres 1981), wrote the medical thriller entitled "Brain Warp".
*Richard Stewart, (AB 1952, MD 1955, Mdres 1961, MPHIH 1962), wrote "Leper Priest of Moloka'i: The Father Damien Story".
*Robert Traver , (AB 1928), wrote "Anatomy of a Murder".
* Juliet Winters Carpenter, BA, MA 1976), Award Winning Translator of Japanese, Numerous Booksee also
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