Michael Knight is an American fiction writer whose work spans novels, short stories and novellas. He is the author of "The Typist" — named a Best Book of the Year by The Huffington Post and The Kansas City Star and featured on Oprah’s Summer Reading List — and "Eveningland," winner of the Truman Capote Prize for Short Fiction. Knight’s work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review and Ploughshares, and he teaches creative writing at the University of Tennessee.

The MFA Writers' Salon is designed as a shared space for curiosity, reflection and connection where emerging and established writers can learn through conversation. During the spring 2026 semester, the salon will host six writers on Monday evenings. Sessions are open to all members of the campus community and the public.