LITERATI

OUR SPOTLIGHT
We are pleased to have had the opportunity to bring to Aspen some of the brightest lights in the publishing world.

Past Faculty and Presenters

Here is a selection of the literati who have graced our stage:

Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists
Lorraine Adams
Madeleine Blais
Russell Banks
Ted Conover
Stephen Dunn
Philip Levine
Frank McCourt
N. Scott Momaday
Paul Muldoon
Robert Pinsky
Marilynne Robinson
Richard Russo
Mark Salzman
Stacy Schiff
Jane Smiley
James Tate

Nobel Laureates & Nominees
Joseph Brodsky
Joyce Carol Oates
Wole Soyinka
Derek Walcott

National Book Award Winners & Finalists
Andrea Barrett
Charles Baxter
Amy Bloom
James Dickey
Carol Muske Dukes
Kent Haruf
John Irving
Alan Lightman
Peter Matthiessen
Joan Silber
Gerald Stern

American Book Award Winners
Denise Chávez
Luis Alberto Urrea

PEN/Faulkner Winners & Finalists
David Guterson
Ann Patchett
James Salter
Tobias Wolff

Man Booker Prize Winners
Margaret Atwood
Michael Ondaatje

Orange Prize Winners & Shortlist Candidates
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Anita Shreve
Amy Tan

Grammy Award Winners & Nominees
Perla Batalla
David Crosby
DMC
Aimee Mann
Michelle Shocked

Bestselling Authors & Crowd Favorites
Madeleine Albright
Ishmael Beah
Candace Bushnell
Ron Carlson
Clive Cussler
Alexandra Fuller
Spalding Gray
Pam Houston
Erica Jong
Sebastian Junger
Habib Koité
Her Majesty Queen Noor
James Patterson
Eric Schlosser
Daniel Schorr
Anita Shreve
Ngugi wa Thiong’o
Leon Uris

and many more!

Past Presenters