Wallace Stegner

The quiet yet stirring tale of two couples that meet during the Great Depression and form a lifelong bond....

Centers on Lyman Ward, a noted historian who relates a fictionalized biography of his pioneer grandparents at a time when he has become estranged from his own family....

Based largely on his own childhood, Stegner has created a masterful, harrowing saga of a family trying to survive during the lean years of the early 20th century.....

Joe Allston, the retired literary agent in Stegner’s National Book Award-winning novel The Spectator Bird, returns in this disquieting and keenly observed novel....

Joe Allston is a retired literary agent who is, in his own words, "killing time before time gets around to killing me"....

Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner recounts the remarkable career of Major John Wesley Powell....

In this moving sequel to Big Rock Candy Mountain, Bruce Mason returns to Salt Lake City....

Margaret Stuart, the proud wife of a prosperous Iowa farmer, sets high standards for herself and others....

This essay comes from the NPR series This I Believe, which features brief personal reflections from both famous and unknown Americans....

Sabrina Castro is a wealthy, attractive woman married to an older physician who no longer fulfills her dreams. An accidental misstep leads her down the path of moral disintegration....