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.
Omari Chancellor

Faculty Profile

Meet Omari Chancellor

Gotham Teacher Omari Chancellor is living proof that the writing bug can bite you at any time.


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Irene Zabytko

Faculty Profile

Meet Irene Zabytko

If there’s one thing Irene Zabytko loves, it’s exploring the world through the written word.


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The instructor was very personable and gave intellectually stimulating lectures. He is one of the most exceptionally talented instructors I have ever encountered and that includes my college experience.

Gaye McKenney, retailer

Faculty Excerpts

The Moon, Her Crown

The Moon, Her Crown

Christine Meade
This is an excerpt from Christine Meade's recently released novel.***I stacked the deck of tarot cards between us on the small reading table in Martinique’s Mystics. The girl sitting across from me looked scared. Late-twenties with greasy black hair and...
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Night and Its Longings

Night and Its Longings

Philip Cioffari
These are the opening pages of Philip Cioggari's new novel, Night and Its Longings, a tale of desire, adultery and crime.***PROLOGUENew York City, 3 a.m.July, 1995This is the Nite Hawk, coming to you from the far end of your radio...
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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...
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

On Revision

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett
Writers have a love­/hate relationship with revi­sion. On the one hand, we hate it because we want our pieces to come out right the first time, and the drafting process is so much more fun, full of prom­ise and discovery,...