Previous authors presented by Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures
2025-26
Dr. Tahirah Walker
Stewart O’Nan
Ed Simon
Judith Vollmer
Adriana Ramírez
2024-25
Greg Barnhisel
Michael Sawyer
Liann Tsoukas and Rob Ruck
2023-2024
Cameron Barnett
Eliza Brown
Lynn Emanuel
Edda Fields-Black
Kosoko Jackson
Anna Monardo
2022-23
Neil Baldwin
Mary Crossley
Leon Ford
Emily Kline
Idra Novey
Marylynne Pitz and Laura Malt Schneiderman
Jen Spyra
Zoje Stage
Judith Vollmer and Mihaela Moscaliuc
2021-22
Are the Arts Essential?
Gregg Behr and Ryan Rydzewski
Tuhin Das
Ken Gormley
Maxwell King & Louise Lippincott
Bruce Ledewitz
Terry Miller
The No Club
Andy Norman
Mark Oppenheimer
Brian Primack
Tom Rea
Ed Simon
2020-21
Brian Broome
Anna Bruno
S. Brook Corfman
Ron Donoughe
Lee Gutkind
Stephen Heyman
Caroline Kim and Alexander Chee
Deesha Philyaw
Rebecca Senf
Shannon Reed
Alaina Roberts
Marisel Vera
2019-20
Autumn House Spring Releases
Douglas Cooper
Angie Cruz
Winnie Frolik
Blake Gopnik
David Harris
Frank Santoro
Chip Walter
2018-19
Stephen Belber
John Fried
Eliza Griswold
Dan Kamin
Rachel Masilamani
Ilja Nieuwland
Sydelle Pearl
Tammy Ryan
Rob Ruck
Adam Ehrlich Sachs
Matt Schatz
Linda Tashbook
Michael Wurster
2017-18
City Theatre and PigPen Theatre Co.
Eric Dorfman
Niki Kapsambelis
Marissa Landrigan
Daniel Lowe
Sarah Menkedick
Jake Oresick
Douglas Branson with Pete Peterson
Cori Thomas
Bill Steigerwald
Scott Stern
2016-17
Theresa Brown
Sherrie Flick
Nancy Moses
SL Price
Sharon Washington
