Writers-in-Residence Program
The Caltech Writers-in-Residence Program brings writers of fiction, poetry, and popular nonfiction to campus to meet with students, visit classes, and give public readings or talks.
Past Visitors
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/11/2026 | Bruce Holsinger | Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English, University of Virginia | Event Details |
| 11/10/2025 | Daryl Gregory | American Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comic Book Author | Event Details |
| 05/19/2025 | Attica Locke | Author, Screenwriter, and Producer | Event Details |
| 04/21/2025 | Jenny Factor | Lecturer in Poetry, Caltech | Event Details |
| 05/09/2024 | Aomawa Shields | Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, UC Irvine | Event Details |
| 01/16/2024 | Edan Lepucki | Lecturer in Creative Writing, Caltech | Event Details |
| 10/09/2023 | Yael Goldstein-Love | Novelist | Event Details |
| 05/23/2023 | Robin Coste Lewis | Poet | Event Details |
| 05/18/2021 | Adrienne Su | Professor of Creative Writing and Poet-in-Residence, Dickinson College | Event Details |
| 05/04/2021 | Alberto Ríos | Writer and Poet | Event Details |
| 04/12/2021 | Kazim Ali | Professor of Literature, Creative Writing, UC San Diego | Event Details |
| 12/03/2019 | Nafissa Thompson-Spires | Author; Associate Professor of Creative Writing, Cornell University | Event Details |
| 04/15/2019 | Jessica Shattuck | Author | Event Details |
| 11/13/2018 | Eavan Boland | Poet and Author | Event Details |
| 05/29/2018 | Mary Szybist | Poet | Event Details |
| 05/15/2018 | Leslie Jamison | Novelist and Essayist | Event Details |
| 04/10/2018 | Hampton Sides | Historian, Author, and Journalist | Event Details |
| 10/16/2017 | Andrea Wulf | Historian and Author | Event Details |
| 05/09/2017 | Louisa Thomas | Author | Event Details |
| 01/24/2017 | Danielle Dutton | Author | Event Details |
| 05/17/2016 | Ciaran and Deirdre Carson | Author, Poet, Musician | Event Details |
| 02/04/2016 | Laila Lalami | Novelist and Essayist | Event Details |
| 05/18/2015 | Amy Gerstler | Poet, Critic, Journalist | Event Details |
| 04/29/2015 | Joyce Carol Oates and Charles Gross | Author and Neuroscientist | Event Details |
| 01/13/2015 | Teddy Wayne | Author | Event Details |
| 05/14/2014 | Paul Muldoon | Poet; Professor of Creative Writing, Princeton University | Event Details |
| 12/04/2012 | Reif Larsen | Author | Event Details |
| 01/31/2012 | Mat Johnson | Novelist; Creative Writing Program Professor, University of Houston | Event Details |