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.
Quinn Adikes

Faculty Profile

Meet Quinn Adikes

“Whether it’s your approach to writing, what you’re writing about, or just your worldview, it all gets funneled into your writing, whether you’re conscious of it or not.”

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It's like learning from a best friend, that's how comfortable I was.

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Faculty Excerpts

Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile

Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile

George Jreije
The following is an excerpt from George Jreije's middle-grade novel, Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile.***Bashir felt a sudden chill and peered down. Lines of sticky orange, red, and blue ran down his belly. Wassim and Farrah quieted...
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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...