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American writer
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Male
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26 June 1916
Death:
8 October 2001
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Biography
Introduction
Richard Scowcroft (June 26, 1916 – October 8, 2001) was an American writer and teacher of writers long associated with Stanford University, where he cofounded the creative-writing program and taught with Wallace Stegner. Among the writers taught were Tillie Olsen, Wendell Berry, Robert Stone, Larry McMurty, Karen Rosenbaum, Ed McClanhan, and Ken Kesey. His 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)