 Alumni who have become notable through literature include the Pulitzer Prize @-@ winning playwright and author Maxwell Anderson , Rhodes scholar and poet Thomas McGrath , essayist and journalist Chuck Klosterman , and novelist Jon Hassler . UND graduates have become editors of major magazines : Carroll Eugene Simcox of The Living Church , former Ebony editor Era Bell Thompson and former LIFE editor Edward K. Thompson . Alumni who have become notable in arts and entertainment include actor Sam Anderson and America 's Next Top Model winner Nicole Linkletter . 
