Order of Wallace Stegner Books

Wallace Stegner was an American author regarded as the “Dean of Western Writers.” Throughout his career, he wrote many books, including The Big Rock Candy Mountain, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Angle of Repose, and the National Book Award-winning The Spectator Bird. Born in Iowa, Stegner spent his childhood moving across the United States and Canada, ultimately living in twenty different locations, including eight U.S. states. He attended the University of Utah, graduating in 1930, before pursuing a Master’s degree and a doctorate at the University of Iowa. Stegner later taught at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and Stanford University, where he established the creative writing program and mentored numerous notable students.