diff --git a/dataclass_io/writer.py b/dataclass_io/writer.py
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+from csv import DictWriter
+from dataclasses import asdict
+from enum import Enum
+from enum import unique
+from io import TextIOWrapper
+from pathlib import Path
+from types import TracebackType
+from typing import IO
+from typing import Any
+from typing import Iterable
+from typing import Optional
+from typing import TextIO
+from typing import Type
+from typing import TypeAlias
+
+from dataclass_io._lib.assertions import assert_dataclass_is_valid
+from dataclass_io._lib.assertions import assert_file_is_appendable
+from dataclass_io._lib.assertions import assert_file_is_writable
+from dataclass_io._lib.dataclass_extensions import DataclassInstance
+from dataclass_io._lib.dataclass_extensions import fieldnames
+from dataclass_io._lib.file import FileHeader
+
+WritableFileHandle: TypeAlias = TextIOWrapper | IO | TextIO
+
+
+@unique
+class WriteMode(Enum):
+    APPEND = "a"
+    WRITE = "w"
+
+
+class DataclassWriter:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        path: Path,
+        dataclass_type: type[DataclassInstance],
+        mode: str = "w",
+        delimiter: str = "\t",
+        overwrite: bool = True,
+        header: Optional[FileHeader] = None,
+        **kwds: Any,
+    ) -> None:
+        """
+        Args:
+            path: Path to the file to write.
+            dataclass_type: Dataclass type.
+
+        Raises:
+            FileNotFoundError: If the input file does not exist.
+            IsADirectoryError: If the input file path is a directory.
+            PermissionError: If the input file is not readable.
+            TypeError: If the provided type is not a dataclass.
+        """
+
+        try:
+            write_mode = WriteMode(mode)
+        except ValueError:
+            raise ValueError(f"`mode` must be either 'a' (append) or 'w' (write): {mode}") from None
+
+        if write_mode is WriteMode.WRITE:
+            assert_file_is_writable(path, overwrite=overwrite)
+        else:
+            assert_file_is_appendable(path, dataclass_type=dataclass_type)
+
+        assert_dataclass_is_valid(dataclass_type)
+
+        self.dataclass_type = dataclass_type
+        self.delimiter = delimiter
+
+        self._fout = path.open(mode)
+
+        # TODO: optionally add preface
+        # If we aren't appending, write the header before any rows
+        if write_mode is WriteMode.WRITE:
+            self._fout.write(self.delimiter.join(fieldnames(dataclass_type)) + "\n")
+
+        self._writer = DictWriter(
+            self._fout,
+            fieldnames=fieldnames(dataclass_type),
+            delimiter=self.delimiter,
+        )
+
+    def __enter__(self) -> "DataclassWriter":
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(
+        self,
+        exc_type: Type[BaseException],
+        exc_value: BaseException,
+        traceback: TracebackType,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._fout.close()
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        self._fout.close()
+
+    def write(self, dataclass_instance: DataclassInstance) -> None:
+        self._writer.writerow(asdict(dataclass_instance))
+
+    def writeall(self, dataclass_instances: Iterable[DataclassInstance]) -> None:
+        for dataclass_instance in dataclass_instances:
+            self.write(dataclass_instance)
diff --git a/tests/test_writer.py b/tests/test_writer.py
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+++ b/tests/test_writer.py
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+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from dataclass_io.writer import DataclassWriter
+
+
+@dataclass
+class FakeDataclass:
+    foo: str
+    bar: int
+
+
+def test_writer(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    fpath = tmp_path / "test.txt"
+
+    with DataclassWriter(path=fpath, mode="w", dataclass_type=FakeDataclass) as writer:
+        writer.write(FakeDataclass(foo="abc", bar=1))
+        writer.write(FakeDataclass(foo="def", bar=2))
+
+    with open(fpath, "r") as f:
+        assert next(f) == "foo\tbar\n"
+        assert next(f) == "abc\t1\n"
+        assert next(f) == "def\t2\n"
+        with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
+            next(f)
+
+
+def test_writer_writeall(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    fpath = tmp_path / "test.txt"
+
+    data = [
+        FakeDataclass(foo="abc", bar=1),
+        FakeDataclass(foo="def", bar=2),
+    ]
+    with DataclassWriter(path=fpath, mode="w", dataclass_type=FakeDataclass) as writer:
+        writer.writeall(data)
+
+    with open(fpath, "r") as f:
+        assert next(f) == "foo\tbar\n"
+        assert next(f) == "abc\t1\n"
+        assert next(f) == "def\t2\n"
+        with pytest.raises(StopIteration):
+            next(f)