Nonfiction Book Proposal Faculty Biographies at Gotham Writers' Workshop and WritingClasses.com

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Jennifer Keishin Armstrong is the co-founder and editor of the website Sexy Feminist, and co-author of the nonfiction book Sexy Feminism (Mariner Books) and author of the nonfiction books Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted (Simon & Schuster) and Why? Because We Still Like You (Grand Central Publishing). She served as senior writer for Entertainment Weekly, and she has written for Glamour, Salon, Women’s Health, Runner’s World, Writer’s Digest, Fast Company, and New York‘s Vulture, as well as numerous daily newspapers. Her work is included in the anthologies Altared and Coffee At Luke's. She holds a BS from Northwestern University. Also Teaches: Article Writing Creative Writing 101 Hit Send: Publishing Short Nonfiction Nonfiction 101

Jena Pincott has served as a senior editor at Random House and as an associate editor at John Wiley & Sons. She is the author of the nonfiction books Do Gentlemen Really Prefer Blondes?, Success, and Healing (all Random House). She is also the co-author (as Adam Brate) of Technomanifestos (Texere) and Making the Cisco Connection (Wiley). She holds a BA from Hampshire College and an MA in Literature from NYU.

Talia Rosenblatt Cohen has served as a literary agent with the Laura Dail Literary Agency. Her clients include Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, authors of the New York Times bestseller Skinny Bitch series; Annette and Steve Economides, author of the New York Times bestseller America’s Cheapest Family, and Karen Luddy, author of the award-winning Spelldown

Stephanie Staal is the author of the nonfiction books Reading Women (Public Affairs) and The Love They Lost (Delacorte). Her articles and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Glamour, and Marie Claire. She has served as developmental editor at She Writes Press, the US editor for Cyan Books, and as a literary scout and editorial consultant. She holds a BA from Barnard College, an MS in Journalism from Columbia University, and a JD from Brooklyn Law School. Also Teaches: Creative Writing 101

J. L. Stermer is an agent with N.S. Bienstock, a full-service talent agency with a division dedicated to developing literary projects, where she handles both nonfiction and fiction authors. She previously served as literary agent and contracts director with the Donald Maass Literary Agency. Also Teaches: How To Get Published

Marissa Walsh is a literary agent with Fine Print Literary Management and has served as an editor at Random House. She is the author of the YA novel A Field Guide to High School (Delacorte Press), and the memoir Girl with Glasses (Simon and Schuster). She is the co-author of the nonfiction book Tipsy in Madras (Penguin) and editor of the anthologies Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything (Delacorte Press) and Does this Book Make Me Look Fat? (Clarion Books). She holds a BA from Smith College.