The Sun Valley Writers’ Conference, guided by a small Board of Directors, is an Idaho nonprofit corporation. Anchored by important literary figures, the conference brings discerning readers and writers together in a congenial environment to consider ideas set forth in fiction, nonfiction, journalism, poetry and filmmaking.

The day typically starts with a number of breakout sessions, where small groups of attendees meet with one or two writers to discuss a specific topic. Panel discussions, readings and major talks fill the rest of the day and early evening. 

2008 Participants

Amy Bloom

Ian Buruma

Angela Brown

Ethan Canin

Ina Caro

Robert A. Caro

Harriet Scott Chessman

Laura Donohue

Cristina Ceccatelli Cook

Aleksandra Crapanzano

Timothy Egan

Anne Taylor Fleming

Karl Fleming

James Geary

Judith Freeman

James Geary

Tom Gjelten

Carl Hiaasen

Richard C. Holbrooke

Eri Hotta

Patrick Hunt

Maira Kalman

Ted Kooser

Jonah Lehrer

Alberto Manguel

Kati Marton

Frank McCourt

W.S. Merwin

Walter Mosley

George Packer

Martha Raddatz

Mark Salzman

John Burnham Schwartz

Lynn Stegner

Page Stegner

Brandon Stoddard

Shashi Tharoor

Ethan Walters

Adam West

David Michael Wolf