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.
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