Kristen Radtke
Kristen Radtke is the author of two books including, most recently, the graphic memoir Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness. Her first memoir, Imagine Wanting Only This, has been hailed by the Atlantic as “a breathtaking mix of prose and illustration” and was named a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers pick, as well as a Most Anticipated Book by Buzzfeed, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Millions, the Huffington Post, Martha Stewart Living, and many others. Both her essays and art can regularly be found in the New Yorker, Buzzfeed Books, Oxford American, Guernica, Tin House, Virginia Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. She currently serves as the New York editor for The Believer.
“I can, in total confidence, say that attending the University of Iowa’s Nonfiction Writing Program was the best decision I ever made. I say that not only because I learned so much while I was there, had such enriching experiences, and grew tremendously, but most of all because of what my life has become in the years since graduating—filled with extraordinarily fierce friendships, a sure professional footing, and a network of wildly talented writers, editors, and teachers. Whenever I talk to a lucky acquaintance in New York who has gotten in to the program and is hesitant about moving to Iowa, I just tell them: You’re an idiot—you’ve gotta go. And they do.”
