Her MFA thesis explored the subtext of novels featuring 1940s heroine Nurse Cherry Ames.

In his 2001 MFA thesis presentation, his mother performed a body building routine.

The Forever War was originally written as Haldeman's MFA thesis for the Iowa Writer's Workshop.

Her first novel, From Rockaway, published by Knopf in 1987, was submitted as her MFA thesis while at Columbia University.

Her MFA thesis consisted of writings that later became the basis for Saltwater Trees, her first collection of short stories published in 1991 when she was 36.

Hunkies Eat Their Young was the title of his MFA thesis.

After she completed the assignment Rayburn continued to work on the novel for her own enjoyment and eventually finished a first draft, which became her MFA thesis.

His MFA thesis, Helicopter, an urban drama, won seven festival awards including a CINE Golden Eagle.

Her MFA thesis entitled "Trends in American Graphic Design: 1930-1955" was recognized as an important contribution to design scholarship and led to many commissions for essays.

He worked on his first book, The Anchorage, as his MFA thesis at Columbia University and finished it while living in Provincetown, Massachusetts.