Essay and Opinion Faculty Biographies at Gotham Writers' Workshop and WritingClasses.com

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Kelly Caldwell has written for New York Newsday, House Beautiful, Time Out New York, The Writer, The Huffington Post, and others. One of her essays was named a Notable Essay by the editors of the Best American Essays series and anthologized in If These Walls Could Talk: Thoughts of Home. She is also the associate dean of Gotham Writers' Workshop. She holds a BJ from the University of Missouri and an MS from Columbia University. Also Teaches: Memoir Writing Personal Essay Writing

Melissa Petro has published nonfiction in Salon, Rumpus, the Daily Beast, Penthouse, Bitch, The Nervous Breakdown, Whiskey Dregs, The Gloss, The Fix, xojane, and Post Road, and her work appears in the anthologies Sex Work Matters and Hos, Hookers, Call Girls and Rent Boys. She has taught in the New York City public schools. She holds a BA from Antioch, an MS in Education from Fordham, and an MFA in Nonfiction from the New School. Also Teaches: Memoir Writing Personal Essay Writing Write-In

David Seigerman is co-author of the nonfiction book Take Your Eye Off the Ball (Triumph Books). He has served as managing editor of College Sports Television as well as a field producer at CNN-Sports Illustrated, senior writer at College Sports Magazine, and sports reporter/columnist at Newsday and the Jackson Sun. His freelance work has appeared on ESPN and in many newspapers and magazines. He co-produced and co-wrote the documentary film, The Warrior Ethos: The Experience and Tradition of Boxing at West Point. He holds a BA from Ithaca College. Also Teaches: Documentary Films Memoir Writing

Cullen Thomas is the author of the memoir Brother One Cell (Viking). His work has also appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Salon, World Hum, Current Biography, and Penthouse. He holds a BA from Binghamton University. Also Teaches: Memoir Writing Travel Writing True Story: Creative Nonfiction Unbound: Creative Writing