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.
Christine Meade

Faculty Profile

Meet Christine Meade

“I’m just someone who’s big on community,” says Gotham teacher Christine Meade.

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Esther Hayes

Faculty Profile

Meet Esther Hayes

“Writing a novel is like you’re given a jigsaw puzzle,” Esther says, “and you don’t know the image, but you know it’s vaguely about the beach, and you are expected to do the puzzle while holding all the pieces in your hand at the same time.”

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This was one of the most enjoyable and expertly directed classes I have ever taken. I look forward to being in one of this instructor's classes again.

Sebastian Mondrone, teacher

Faculty Excerpts

<em>American Moon</em>

American Moon

David Berner
The following is an excerpt from David Berner's novel, American Moon.***It was well after midnight. Austen was in and out of sleep, tossing from one side to another. For a while, it was quiet, only the occasional clank of the...
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<em>Raven, Rising</em>

Raven, Rising

Christine Hartman Derr
The following is an excerpt from Christine Hartman Derr's middle grade novel, Raven, Rising.***No Going BackWe didn’t set out to become the witches of Bear Creek Falls. They molded us into them with every whisper, paper threats slicing away until...
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Faculty Articles

Teresa Wong

Why Write Your Family’s Story?

Teresa Wong
For much of my childhood in the 1980s, my mother served up Chinese fast food from a stand in a second-rate suburban mall. Her customers were mostly teens from the local high school and elderly regulars who mall-walked throughout winter,...
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...