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.Memorial Resolution: Richard P. Scowcroft, Stanford Report, February 25, 2004. Among the writers taught were Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, Robert Stone, Larry McMurtry, Karen Rosenbaum, Ed McClanahan, Ken Kesey,"Richard Scowcroft" Mormon Literature & Creative Arts database Scott TurowOliver, Myrna, "Richard Scowcroft, 85; Novelist Headed Writing Program at Stanford", latimes.com, October 20, 2001. Retrieved 2019-05-09. and Chuck Kinder.Genzlinger, Neil, "Chuck Kinder, Novelist Who Inspired ‘Wonder Boys,’ Dies at 76", New York Times, May 9, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-09. 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)
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Sources Memorial Resolution: Richard P. Scowcroft Scowcroft, former Creative Writing director, dies at 85 by John Sanford Richard Scowcroft, 85; Novelist Headed Writing Program at Stanford by Myrna Oliver
External links Richard Scowcroft Papers