Michael Hartley Freedman is an American mathematician, at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 1986, he was awarded a Fields Medal for his work on the 4-dimensional Generalized Poincaré conjecture. Freedman and Robion Kirby showed that an exotic R4 manifold exists.
Ross Macdonald is the main pseudonym that was used by the American-Canadian writer of crime fiction Kenneth Millar. He is best known for his series of hardboiled novels set in Southern California and featuring private detective Lew Archer.
Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton was an American author. Many of her novels are set in her home state of California. Her bestseller Black Oxen (1923) was made into a silent movie of the same name. In addition to novels, she wrote short stories, essays, and articles for magazines and newspapers on such issues as feminism, politics, and war. She was strong-willed, independent-minded, and sometimes controversial, especially for her anti-communism.
The Moving Target is a 1949 mystery novel by American writer Ross Macdonald, who at this point used the name "John Macdonald".
Clive John Sinclair was a British author who published several award-winning novels and collections of short stories, including The Lady with the Laptop and Bedbugs.
The Daily Nexus is a campus newspaper at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Michael Petracca is an American novelist, Lecturer Emeritus and former Acting Co-Director of the Writing Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Christine Lehner is an American novelist and short story writer.
Ben Ehrenreich is an American freelance journalist and novelist who lives in Los Angeles.
Alan Stuart Cheuse was an American writer, editor, professor of literature, and radio commentator.
Toni Graphia is an American television producer and writer.
Edwin Corle was an American writer.
Jim Krusoe is an American novelist, poet, and short story writer. His stories and poems have appeared in Antioch Review, Denver Quarterly, BOMB, Iowa Review, Field, North American Review, American Poetry Review, and Santa Monica Review, which he founded in 1988. His essays and book reviews have appeared in Manoa, the Los Angeles Times Book Review, The New York Times and the Washington Post. He is a recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment of the Arts and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund. He teaches at Santa Monica College and in the graduate writing program at Antioch University, Los Angeles. His novel, Iceland, was selected by the Los Angeles Times and the Austin Chronicle as one of the ten best fiction books of 2002, and it was on the Washington Post list of notable fiction for the same year. His novel Girl Factory was published in 2008 by Tin House Books followed by Erased, which was published in 2009 and Toward You published in 2010, also by Tin House Books.
Dagoberto Gilb is an American writer who writes extensively about the American Southwest.
Mitch Berman is an American fiction writer known for his imaginative range, exploration of characters beyond the margins of society, lush prose style and dark humor.
Peter Selgin is an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, editor, and illustrator. Selgin is Associate Professor of English at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. He is also an affiliate faculty member at Antioch University's Low-Residency MFA Creative Writing Program in Los Angeles, California.
The 1971 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1971 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1986 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1986 NCAA Division III football season.
The 1991 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) during the 1991 NCAA Division III football season.
Frank J. Frost is an American scholar of Ancient Greek history, archaeologist, politician, and novelist.
