Bio
Tom Kealey is the author of Thieves I've Known, winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award and an NPR Best Books. Tom also authored The Creative Writing MFA Handbook, and his stories have appeared in Best American NonRequired Reading, Glimmer Train, The Rumpus, and many other places.
Tom teaches a variety of classes at Stanford, including Novel Writing Intensive (the NanoWrimo Class), Secret Lives of the Short Story, Screenwriting Intensive, Short Story to Big Screen, and First Chapters.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Creative Writing
2022-23 Courses
- Creative Expression in Writing
ENGLISH 9CE (Spr) - First Chapters: Please Allow Me to Introduce My Novel
ENGLISH 23Q (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Fiction
ENGLISH 190L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Poetry
ENGLISH 192L (Win) - Novel Writing Intensive
ENGLISH 190E (Aut) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Individual Work
ENGLISH 198 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Individual Work
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Prior Year Courses
2021-22 Courses
- First Chapters: Please Allow Me to Introduce My Novel
ENGLISH 23Q (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Fiction
ENGLISH 190L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Poetry
ENGLISH 192L (Win) - Novel Writing Intensive
ENGLISH 190E (Aut) - Secret Lives of the Short Story
ENGLISH 146S (Spr)
2020-21 Courses
- First Chapters: Please Allow Me to Introduce My Novel
ENGLISH 23Q (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Fiction
ENGLISH 190L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Graphic Novel/Comics
ENGLISH 190LC (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Nonfiction
ENGLISH 191L (Win) - Levinthal Tutorial in Poetry
ENGLISH 192L (Win) - Novel Writing Intensive
ENGLISH 190E (Aut) - Secret Lives of the Short Story
ENGLISH 146S (Spr)
2019-20 Courses
- Novel Writing Intensive
ENGLISH 190E (Aut) - Screenwriting Intensive
ENGLISH 190SW (Spr) - Secret Lives of the Short Story
ENGLISH 146S (Win)
- First Chapters: Please Allow Me to Introduce My Novel