The U of A Program in Creative Writing and Translation in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences is proud to welcome author Rita Bullwinkel as its 2025-26 Walton Visiting Writer in Fiction.

Rita Bullwinkel is the author of two Books: Headshot (2024) and Belly Up (2018). Headshot was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize and the Gordon Burn Prize. It was also longlisted for the Booker prize and the Dublin Literary Award. In addition to editing McSweeney’s quarterly (the house’s magazine of art and literature) she also edits one book-length work a year for McSweeney’s Books Division.