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Our tutors are an essential part of the Faber Academy family – meet the writers who bring our courses to life.

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Richard Skinner

Richard is the director of our fiction programme and has been a hugely important part of Faber Academy since its inception in 2009. He is the creator of our flagship Writing a Novel course and has gone on to see a record number of our alumni find major publishing deals. He recently launched a series of ten masterclasses, distilling his experience of teaching on Writing a Novel for over a decade into advanced, intensive evening sessions on specific elements of the writing process.
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Beth Underdown
Beth Underdown was born in Rochdale in 1987. She studied at the University of York and then...

Emma Jane Unsworth
Fiction Development
Emma Jane Unsworth is a BAFTA-nominated, BIFA-winning screenwriter and best-selling novelist...

Elise Valmorbida
Fiction Development • Non-fiction • Novel
Elise Valmorbida has published journalism, poetry, short stories, three non-fiction books and four novels including The Madonna...

Erica Wagner
Fiction Development • Non-fiction • Novel
Erica Wagner was born in New York City. She moved to Britain in the 1980s and now lives in London; she is consulting literary editor for...

S. J. Watson
Fiction Development • Novel
S. J. Watson is the award-winning author of the international bestsellers Before I Go to Sleep...

Lee Weatherly
Fiction Development • Novel
Lee Weatherly has written more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the bestselling Angel series, and is...

Shelley Weiner
Fiction Development • Non-fiction • Novel • Short Story
Shelley Weiner is an acclaimed novelist, short-story writer and journalist who has, over the years, established a reputation...

Matt Wesolowski
Fiction Development • Novel
Matt Wesolowski is an author from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the UK. He is a former English tutor for young people...
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