Over the past sixteen years, the Zale Writer-in-Residence program has had tremendous success. A diverse, exciting group of writers, poets, performance artists, and journalists have come to Newcomb and inspired their audiences. It is not an exaggeration to say that this program has had an extreme impact on those who have participated in it. Listed below are previous authors who have been Zale Writers-In-Residence.
1986: Alison Lurie1987: Carolyn Forche
1988: Nancy Willard
1989: Gloria Naylor
1990: E.M. Bronner
1991: Ellen Douglas
1992: Sonia Sanchez
1993: Linda Hogan
1994 (Spring): Rosellen Brown
1994 (Fall): Lee Smith
1995: Dorothy Allison
1996: Ellen Bryant Voigt
1997: Deb Margolin
1998: Octavia Butler
1999: Ann Patchett