Stephen H Goodwin

Professor

Creative Writing: fiction; non-fiction; online writing and publishing

Stephen Goodwin (M.A., University of Virginia, 1969) is the author of three novels, Breaking Her Fall, The Blood of Paradise, and Kin, as well as two books of nonfiction, The Greatest Masters and Dream Golf. His short fiction has appeared in Gentleman's Quarterly, Shenandoah, Sewanee Review, and the Georgia Review; and his articles, reviews and essays have appeared in a number of magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Golf Magazine, Links, and Preservation. For two years, Goodwin directed the literature program at the National Endowment for the Arts, and he has received fellowships from the NEA, the Ingram Merrill Foundation, and the Guggenheim Foundation. In addition, he has served as the president of the foundation for the PEN/Faulkner literary prize. In addition to traditional writing workshops, he regularly teaches courses that explore the rapidly changing environment of online writing and publishing.

Selected Publications

Breaking Her Fall. New York: Harcourt, 2003.

Dream Golf: The Making of Bandon Dunes. New York: Algonquin Books, 2006.

The Greatest Masters: The 1986 Masters and Golf's Elite. New York: HarperCollins, 1988.

The Blood of Paradise. Charlottesville: UP of Virginia, 1979.

Kin. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.

"Transgressions" and "Vanity" (essays available on Goodwin's website).

Courses Taught

ENGL 380: Recent American Fiction

ENGL 399: Creative Nonfiction Writing

ENGL 608: Writing for Online Publication

ENLG 660: American Nonfiction