Alumni Authors
UC Santa Barbara has a large number of alumni writers covering subjects ranging from politics to private detectives. Click here to see a list of authors and their books.
| Meryl Adams '33 |
| Ronald Adler '68 |
| Amiri Yasin Al-Hadid '70 Masters '72 PhD '74 |
| Steven Allaback '60 |
| David Alzofon '72 |
| David Anderson '65 |
| Joyce Appleby Masters '59 |
| Marinell Ash '63 Masters '64 |
| Wilkie Au PhD '76 |
| Graeme Auton '69 Masters '71 PhD '76 |
| Mark Baldassare Masters '73 |
| Ceretta H. Ryan Baldwin '46 |
| Robert D. Ballard '66 |
| Peter Bancroft '41 |
| Paul Barber '63 |
| Mitchell Bard '81 |
| Steve Barsky '74 Masters '76 |
| Steve Barth '82 |
| Katherine Barthels '64 |
| Geffery Bateman Masters '1 |
| Mary Ellen Bates '76 |
| L. C. Beck '43 |
| Richard H. Beguelin '60 |
| June Behrens '47 |
| James Scott Bell '76 |
| James K. Bell '59 |
| Phillip Berman '80 |
| Sara Berman-Barrett '86 |
| Niko Guy Besnier '77 |
| Andy Bisaccia '50 Masters '72 |
| Becky Blackley '69 |
| Bob Blaisdell '81 Masters '84 PhD '88 |
| Tupper Ansel Blake '66 |
| Deidre Bobgan '66 |
| Verena Bozenhart-Viehe Masters '75 PhD '80 |
| Cynthia Breazeal '89 |
| Edd Breeden '70 |
| Hazel Stagg Bremm '40 |
| John Brigham PhD '76 |
| Richard E. Broder '59 |
| Cathleen Brooks |
| Judith Brown '72 |
| Thomas Buckley PhD '73 |
| Eugene Burdick |
| James McDonald Burns PhD '98 |
| Stewart Burns '75 |
| Richard Burrill '68 |
| Jack Burrows '49 |
| Gary L. Carroll Masters '78 PhD '82 |
| David Chidestar Masters '77 PhD '81 |
| Karen Chistensen '81 |
| Don Clark Masters '73 |
| Diane Shaver Clemens '66 |
| Richard Clucas '81 Masters '84 |
| Cathy Cobb Masters '85 PhD '87 |
| Anthony Cohan '61 |
| Tony Cohan '61 |
| Robert Cohen '92 |
| Leigh Cohn '74 |
| James W. Coleman Masters '71 |
| Samuel Coleman '68 |
| Sneed B. Collard III Masters '86 |
| Jerry Combs '58 |
| Gary B. Coombs '70 |
| Rian Cooney '80 |
| J. Angelo Corlett Masters '88 |
| Daniel A. Cornford Masters '79 |
| Miles Corwin '73 |
| Lynn Cox '79 |
| Vic Cox '64 |
| Christine Craft '68 |
| Jeffrey R. Crimmel '69 |
| Coy F. Cross PhD '88 |
| Stephen D. Cummings '69 |
| Marla Daily '73 |
| Phil DeMuth '72 Masters '73 |
| Wendy Susan Deaton '63 |
| George Dekker '55 Masters '58 |
| Patricia Clark Doerner '80 |
| Joan Mumper Dunning '71 |
| Robert O. Easton Masters '60 |
| Alan Ebenstein '82 |
| Mark Cameron Edberg '78 |
| Linda Egan PhD '93 |
| Frederick G. Elias '82 Masters '84 PhD '84 |
| Natalie Elkin '92 |
| Melissa English '99 |
| Terrence Erdt PhD '77 |
| Macduff Everton '81 Masters '84 |
| Victoria Fabray '77 Masters '83 PhD '88 |
| Judy Falck-Madsen '59 |
| Olatokunbo S. Fashola PhD '95 |
| Jud Fine '66 |
| Klaus P. Fischer PhD '72 |
| Susan Clemens Fletcher '73 |
| Susan Floyd '84 |
| Dan Flynn '84 |
| Michael T. Flynn '63 |
| Raymond Ford '65 Masters '70 |
| Donald Foster Masters '81 PhD '85 |
| George Frakes PhD '66 |
| Robert Frakes Masters '87 PhD '91 |
| Kristine Fredriksson '63 PhD '82 |
| Barbara Beharry Freethy '80 |
| Frank Frost '55 |
| Lloyd Garrison '41 |
| Alex Gerber '69 |
| Robert Gettlin '73 |
| D. G. Gilb '73 Masters '76 |
| Dagoberto Gilb '73 Masters '76 |
| Nancy Ginsburg Gill '69 |
| George Gmelch Masters '74 PhD '77 |
| Sharon Bohm Gmelch PhD '75 |
| Frederick A. Goerner '52 |
| David Gollaher '71 |
| Manuel G. Gonzales '65 Masters '67 PhD '72 |
| Arturo Gonzalez Masters '93 PhD '97 |
| Erline Dessie Goodell '61 Masters '90 |
| Evelyn Goodin '46 |
| Michael Greelis '70 Masters '71 |
| Richard H. Greene '75 |
| George Haddad-Garcia '75 |
| Linda Jean Hall '7 Masters '10 |
| Suzette D. Harrison '97 |
| William M. Hawley Masters '82 PhD '90 |
| Roberta Hestenes '65 |
| Heather E. Heying |
| Michael E. Hobart Masters '68 PhD '76 |
| Charles Hoffar |
| Jeanne Hokin '81 PhD '89 |
| Robert A. Hoover PhD '74 |
| Ann Howley '79 |
| Linda Eberly Hurst '60 |
| Albert L. Hurtado PhD '81 |
| Jarrell C. Jackman PhD '77 |
| Jo Bradley Jackson '51 |
| William Jankowiak PhD '81 |
| Carl Jensen '71 Masters '73 PhD '77 |
| Carlos M. Jimenez '73 |
| Robert P. Johnson '80 |
| Arpad Kadarkay PhD '70 |
| Robert Kallman '48 |
| Peter E. Kane '54 |
| Yasuhide Kawashima '61 Masters '63 |
| Hillary Kaye '72 |
| Jerry Kearns '66 Masters '68 |
| Glenn Keator '61 |
| Ellen A. Kelley '68 |
| Robert Kelley '48 |
| Valerie Kelly |
| Joyce M. Kennedy PhD '86 |
| Rick Kennedy '80 Masters '83 PhD '87 |
| Robert C. Kenzer '76 |
| Kenneth Laine Ketner PhD '72 |
| George David Kieffer '69 |
| Shari Zucker Kilstofte '83 |
| Larry Kimmett '87 |
| Daphne Kingma Masters '72 |
| Sandra L. Kirkpatrick |
| Marty Klein Masters '74 |
| Patrick Kleinen '87 |
| John Krist '80 |
| Mitzi Christiansen Kuehl '62 |
| Joanne Kyger '56 |
| Yvette La Pierre '85 |
| John La Puma '78 |
| John LaPuma '78 |
| Richard Labunski Masters '77 PhD '79 |
| John C. Lacelle '85 |
| Mervin Lane '64 |
| Robert D. Lane Masters '66 |
| Jeffrey L. Lant '69 |
| Rod Lathim '77 |
| Eulah Croson Laucks PhD '78 |
| Dinh Q. Le '89 |
| Rhoda P. LeCocq '67 |
| T. Simon Lee '69 |
| Christine Lehner '74 |
| Stephen A. Leibo '72 Masters '74 |
| Robert Franklin Leslie '39 |
| William Lewis '63 Masters '64 PhD '67 |
| Dennis Liff '77 |
| Susan Hart Lindquist '75 |
| Edward T. Linenthal PhD '79 |
| Milton S. Love '70 |
| Perry J. Ludy '74 |
| Henry P Lundsgaarde '61 |
| Glenna Luschei Masters '88 |
| Tibor Machan PhD '71 |
| Tom Mangelsdorf '69 |
| Marguerite V. Marin PhD '80 |
| Harry Marten |
| Calvin Martin Masters '71 |
| Glen Martin '72 |
| Kathleen Martin '69 |
| Terrence D. Martin '81 |
| Larry Martinez '76 |
| Tomoko Masuzawa Masters '81 |
| Marilynn Cash Mathews '77 Masters '79 PhD '84 |
| Douglas W. Maynard Masters '75 PhD '79 |
| Lansing D. McCloskey '89 |
| Don McCormack Masters '75 |
| Betty McDermott '60 |
| Michael E. McGill '66 |
| Bruce McIver Masters '68 |
| Barbara Canning McNurlin '66 |
| Robert M. Meckna PhD '83 |
| Hugh B. Mehan '74 |
| Marc Meyer PhD '79 |
| Michael Milakovitch '65 |
| Christopher Miles '91 |
| James C. Miller '65 PhD '76 |
| Cork Millner Masters '79 |
| Amy Mitchell '98 |
| Michel Monnot PhD '75 |
| Dionicio Morales '43 |
| Gordon Morrell PhD '76 |
| Edward A. Morris '50 |
| Ken Morris '75 |
| Denis Mortenson '81 |
| David Muench |
| Anita Gregorio Murchie |
| Sean Murphy '81 |
| Rainer Nagele PhD '71 |
| Christopher H. Nelson Masters '79 |
| Richard K. Nelson PhD '71 |
| Susan Allstetter Neufeldt PhD '75 |
| Jonathan M. Nielson PhD '86 |
| Wayne B. Norris '69 |
| David C. O’Brien '73 Masters '75 PhD '77 |
| David M. O’Brien '73 |
| Mary O’Shaughnessy '73 |
| John Oliver '68 |
| Joseph Olshan '77 |
| Terre Ouwehand Masters '77 |
| Louis Owens '71 Masters '75 |
| Stephen Butler Page '72 |
| Ellen Pall '74 |
| Christine Savage Palmer Masters '90 |
| Mary Grace Paquette '63 Masters '66 PhD '70 |
| John Perlin '66 |
| Michael Petracca Masters '72 |
| Donald Petterson '56 |
| Bruce M. Petty '71 |
| Waldo Woodsong Phelps '40 |
| Lois Philips PhD '86 |
| Gordon Philpot '65 |
| Giandomenico Picco Masters '71 |
| Charles L. Ponce de Leon '81 |
| Bill Porter '70 |
| Barry Posner '70 |
| Mitchell Postel Masters '77 |
| James Powell '75 |
| John S. Powell '74 Masters '77 |
| Richard A. Pride Masters '65 |
| William S. Prince '49 |
| Melissa Pritchard '70 |
| Jeffrey Quilter Masters '75 PhD '81 |
| Thomas C. Reeves PhD '66 |
| Margaret Regis '79 |
| Craig Reinarman PhD '83 |
| Rollin C. Reineck '47 |
| Clark G. Reynolds '61 |
| William Richardson '69 |
| Reilly Ridgell '70 |
| Mark Ringer PhD '93 |
| Brenda C. Roberts '69 |
| Paul Robinson '73 |
| William M. Rodgers Masters '78 |
| Bea Roeder '63 |
| John Rosecrance Masters '82 PhD '84 |
| Rob Rosenthal PhD '87 |
| Joyce Rothschild Masters '73 PhD '78 |
| Alfred Runte PhD '76 |
| William Russell '40 |
| Mary P. Ryan PhD '71 |
| Barbara Savage |
| Deepak Narang Sawhney '80 |
| Robert A. Scalapino '40 |
| Frederick Schodt '72 |
| Max Schott Masters '78 |
| Monte Schulz Masters '3 |
| Dewey Schurman '66 |
| Ilene Segalove '72 |
| Brad Seibel '92 PhD '98 |
| Yvonne Shafer |
| Warren Sherlock '55 |
| Fred Shoemaker '77 |
| Kurt Michael Shusterich '74 Masters '75 PhD '81 |
| Katherine Sibley '87 Masters '88 PhD '91 |
| Murray Sinclair '72 |
| Margaret Singer '70 |
| Craig R. Smith '66 |
| Fran Williams Smith '49 |
| Geoffrey Smith '63 PhD '69 |
| Robert L. Smith '49 |
| Thomas C. Smith '38 |
| Dennis C. Smolarski Masters '75 |
| Kirsten Day Snyder '78 |
| Curtis B. Solberg '68 |
| Joseph Sorrentino '63 |
| Gary P. Steenson Masters '70 PhD '74 |
| Glenn Howard Stevens '74 |
| William B. Stewart III '76 |
| Donald L. Stillman '47 |
| Paul G. Stoltz '82 |
| Pam VanWie Stoney '62 |
| Ian Stuart PhD '91 |
| Jack Stuster '69 Masters '71 PhD '76 |
| Stacy Sullivan '91 |
| W. R. Swaggerty PhD '81 |
| Lewis A. Tambs Masters '62 PhD '67 |
| Peter Tannenbaum '69 PhD '69 |
| Jay F. Taylor '48 |
| Lowe Thomas Taylor '59 |
| Ula Yvette Taylor Masters '75 PhD '92 |
| Jervey Tervalon '81 |
| Mark E. Thistlewaite Masters '72 |
| Brook Thomas '69 |
| Wayne D. Thompson '73 |
| Lawrence Thornton '60 Masters '67 PhD '73 |
| Janice Timbrook '70 |
| D. K. Tooker '50 |
| Leonard Tourney '66 Masters '72 PhD '72 |
| Laurence G. Townsend '74 |
| Robert A. Trennert PhD '69 |
| Judy Triem Masters '80 |
| Nancy Tuana '73 |
| Richard Tuch '71 |
| Kathleen Tuttle '75 |
| Armanda Vallejo '74 |
| Maurice Van Gerpen PhD '75 |
| Hans J. Van Miegroet PhD '88 |
| Ethlie Ann Vare '71 |
| Oscar E. Vasquez PhD '89 |
| Katherine Vaz '77 |
| Jan Vermeer '68 |
| Lucy S. Vest '53 |
| Steven Voien '78 |
| Peter Vorzimmer '58 |
| James S. Wakeley '71 |
| Ola V. Washington '72 Masters '76 |
| Steven Watson PhD '76 |
| Philip Watts '82 |
| Lynn Parker Wells '68 |
| Patrick H. Wells '48 |
| Robert Wennberg PhD '73 |
| Dan Wesolowski Masters '78 |
| Candace West '71 |
| Cynthia K. West '86 Masters '88 PhD '98 |
| Michael Westmore '61 |
| Jack Whalen Masters '80 PhD '86 |
| J. Allen Whit Masters '73 PhD '75 |
| Steven Whitney '64 Masters '66 |
| Robert Jay Wilder '82 Masters '88 PhD '91 |
| Brian Williams '72 |
| Mark R. Williams '71 Masters '75 |
| David C. Willis '90 |
| Jack H. Wilmore '60 Masters '62 |
| Paula Wiloquet-Maricondi Masters '88 |
| Joseph C. Wilson IV '71 |
| Carol Wise '74 |
| Christopher Witt '73 |
| Daniel Wojcik '78 |
| Caryn Lustig Wolf '79 |
| Paula Ethel Wolfson '76 |
| Don Wood '67 |
| Mary Yoklavich '74 |
| Neil L. York PhD '78 |
| Chryss Yost '97 |
| Marvin R. Zahniser PhD '63 |
| Judi Zucker '83 |
| Shari Zucker '83 |
| Marlene Zuk '77 |
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