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.
Erica Magrin

Faculty Profile

Meet Erica Magrin

Gotham teacher Erica Magrin has always been at Gotham, from taking a teen class, to interning, and now teaching here.

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Katherine Taylor

Faculty Profile

Meet Katherine Taylor

“When I come to the end of one book,” Katherine says, “I start to have a feeling of what the next one will be. The moment I finish it, I immediately start working on the next. I don’t go through a thing where I’m searching for ideas.”

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The teacher is full of integrity, compassion, and brings a wealth of experience from her own work and life.

Shauna Bloom, actor

Faculty Excerpts

Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies

Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies

George Jreije
This is an excerpt from George Jreije's middle-grade novel, Shad Hadid and the Forbidden Alchemies.***“I won’t practice alchemy unsupervised so long as the sun is in the sky,” I said, peeking up at the stars over the courtyard. “But Mrs....
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Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria

George Jreije
An excerpt from the first book in George Jreije's middle grade series, out in paperback this September.***I glanced up at a large black figure hovering over me as if descending from the sky. A shadow.I’d once convinced myself that the...
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Faculty Articles

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,...
Rita Chang-Eppig

How to Write a Fight Scene

Rita Chang-Eppig
I’m fortunate that I’ve never been in a real physical fight, but I’ve been in plenty of sparring matches. Sure, I lost most of them, but I’d like to think I learned a few things from the various martial arts...