Meet our talented family of teachers—each an accomplished writer and trustworthy guide. Leaf through our faculty bios, profiles, book excerpts, and writing advice articles. You’ll like the people you meet.
R. Dean Johnson

Faculty Profile

Meet R. Dean Johnson

Becoming a writer was not quite straightforward for Gotham Fiction Writing teacher Robert Dean Johnson. Even as a teenager, Robert was the creative type, but this came with some mixed results.

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The instructor was exceptional in his lectures, musings, and personal critiques of the students' work. He was somehow able to make what had previously been unclear to me crystal clear.

Kim E. Revay, technician

Faculty Excerpts

Drought

Drought

Scott Alexander Hess
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Scott Alexander Hess's novel Drought.***“I talked to the preacher,” Parnell began.Darl dropped and stubbed his cigarette. He stood up and began to do a toe-touching exercise.“I think I best get in...
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Faculty Articles

Robert Repino

The Essential Storytelling Device that Fuels Superman and The Matrix

Robert Repino
I am both proud and slightly horrified to say that my first published novel took over a year to write, and three long years to rewrite. And that’s not counting the failed book projects that preceded it over the previous...