The American Library in Paris Writer-in-Residence program was created to foster cultural and artistic exchange between prominent writers and the Library community. The Library invites a writer for a short-term residency that will provide a unique opportunity for engagement. The Writer-in-Residence program is made possible through the support of the de Groot Foundation.
The Writer-in-Residence Program is by invitation only. Learn more at americanlibraryinparis.org
2025 Writer-in-Residence:
Sheila Kohler Sheila Kohler is the author of eleven novels, three collections of short stories and a memoir. Her work has been translated widely abroad and has been awarded many prizes including the… MorePrevious Writers-in-Residence:
Patricia Lockwood Patricia Lockwood is the author of four books, including the 2021 novel “No One Is Talking About This,” an international bestseller, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize, finalist for the Booker… More
Stacy Schiff Stacy Schiff is the author of Véra (Mrs. Vladimir Nabokov), winner of the Pulitzer Prize; Saint-Exupéry, a Pulitzer Prize finalist; and A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, winner of… More
Amanda Gorman Amanda Gorman made history in 2017 by being named the first ever National Youth Poet Laureate in the United States and again in 2020 When she read her poem The Hill… More
Geraldine Brooks Australian-born Geraldine Brooks grew up in Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the Mideast, Africa and… More
Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. Nguyen’s debut novel The… More