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 teacher's advice and suggestions for improvements were spot on and eagerly awaited.

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Faculty Excerpts

The Heart is Meat: An 80s Memoir

The Heart is Meat: An 80s Memoir

Michael Backus
This is an excerpt from Michael Backus's forthcoming memoir The Heart is Meat.Dumping my dead grandmother’s 1968 Chevy Caprice across the street from where I work has been one of those mistakes that compounds by the minute. It’s still fucking...
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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...