Christian, Ed. "An Interview With John Gardner," in Prairie Schooner, Vol. 54, No. 4, Winter, 1980-81, pp. 70-93.

Important interview for any student interested in Gardner's fiction. The writer discusses his creative process and philosophy of fiction.

Cowart, David. Arches and Light: The Fiction of John Gardner, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.

Views Gardner as moral artist.

Morace, Robert A. John Gardner: An Annotated Secondary Bibliography, New York: Garland Publishers, 1984.

Lists interviews, articles, reviews and criticism. Morace also offers helpful annotations to the sources.