Join the School of Writing, Literature, and Film for a reading with best-selling and multiple prize-winning author Elizabeth McCracken.

She shares her extensive wisdom, honed through 35 years of teaching and writing experience, in her newest book, A Long Game: Notes on Writing Fiction (HarperCollins 2025). Poets and Writers says that A Long Game is “infused with the author’s signature humility, humanity, and humor…a guide not only to the craft of writing fiction, but also to the art of living as a working writer.” Her reading is sure to inspire aspiring and seasoned writers alike.

The Visiting Writers Series is sponsored by the MFA Program in Creative Writing at OSU; the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film; and the College of Liberal Arts with support from Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele and Grass Roots Books and Music.