Meet Your Instructors
Our world-class team includes award-winning authors, professional editors, and literary agents. That means you are learning from true professionals who are publishing books, keeping their fingers on the pulse of market trends, and teaching from experience, not theory.

CEO & Co-Founder
BRETT HARRIS

Director & Co-Founder
Kara swanson

Nonfiction Director
Jaquelle Ferris
WRITING INSTRUCTORS
These are the professional editors and authors who give our students individual feedback on their writing on a weekly basis.

Fiction Department Director
KATIE PHILLIPS

Head Fiction Instructor
LAUREN HILDEBRAND

Head Fiction Editor
Jen Lindsay

Writing Instructor
KATIE WILLIAMS

Writing Instructor
JOANNE BISCHOF Dewitt

Writing Instructor
Haylie Hanson

Editor
Mollie reeder

Editor
Claire Banschbach
BUSINESS INSTRUCTORS
These are the successful entrepreneurs who coach our students to develop and launch their own profitable businesses.

Head Business Coach
BRIAN o'REAR

Business Coach
Becky Kopitzke

Business Coach & Editor
Margaret mcgriff

Business Coach
Jason Kempson

Business Coach
Chad Kopitzke

Business Coach
Audrey Wilkerson

Business Coach
Jon Parks
EXPERTS-in-residence
In addition to our regular instructors, we also bring special guests in on a regular basis to speak to our students. Here are our current experts-in-residence.

Expert-in-Residence
Steve laube

Expert-in-Residence
TOSCA LEE

Expert-in-Residence
EDWINA PERKINS

Expert-in-Residence
MARY WEBER

Expert-in-Residence
Tricia goyer

Expert-in-Residence
LORIE LANGDON

Expert-in-Residence
CJ REDWINE

Expert-in-Residence
NOVA MCBEE
Academic success team
We don’t let students fall by the wayside. These team members help our students have the best experience they can within the program.

Academic Success Director
Cassie porath

Academic Success Manager
Abi lyn voss
Connects students to community and resources.

Academic Success Advisor
Kyla carter
Helps students keep on pace with their annual goals.

Academic Success Advisor
Alyssa guthrie

Academic Success Advisor
Faith Blum
Helps students keep on pace with their annual goals.

Academic Success Advisor
Kellyn Roth
Helps students keep on pace with their annual goals.

Academic Success Advisor
Sequoyah Branham

Academic Success Advisor
Naomi Sowell
Helps students keep on pace with their annual goals.
ADMINISTRATION & ADMISSIONS

Program Administrator
Amy williams

Finance Director
Diana crowe

Administrative Assistant
Brianna tibbetts

Director of Admissions
Josiah degraaf

Admissions Advisor
Sarina white

Admissions Advisor
Sarah Pagel