Lynn Z. Bloom

Lynn Z. Bloom is a Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Connecticut, where she held the Aetna Chair of Writing from 1988-2015. She is a scholar and writer specializing in autobiography, women writers, disability studies, rhetoric and composition, and creative nonfiction including essays, travel writing, and food writing. Her notable works include Doctor Spock: Biography of a Conservative Radical (1972), Writers Without Borders (2008), The Seven Deadly Virtues and Other Lively Essays (2008), and Recipe (2023).