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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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Sarah Harman
Novel
Sarah Harman is a recovering journalist living in London. As a broadcaster, she has over a decade of experience...
Mike Harris
Fiction Development • Novel
Mike Harris is a script writer, dramatist, director, and experienced creative-writing tutor. He has written more than 150 single...

Kathryn Heyman
Fiction Development
Kathryn Heyman is the acclaimed author of six novels and the bestselling memoir, Fury. Her works have won and been nominated for many...

Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Fiction Development • Novel
Ashley Hickson-Lovence is a novelist and Creative Writing lecturer based in Norwich. While working as a secondary school English teacher...

Rowan Hisayo Buchanan
Fiction Development • Novel
Rowan Hisayo Buchanan is the author of Harmless Like You – the winner of The Authors’ Club First Novel Award and a Betty Trask...

Mick Jackson
Fiction Development • Novel
Mick is a Booker Prize–shortlisted author of four novels and two collections of short stories. His novels – The Underground Man...
Sara Jafari
Novel
Sara Jafari is a British-Iranian author and editor. She is the author of The Mismatch and...

Penny Joelson
Fiction Development • Novel
Penny Joelson is a multi-award-winning author, currently working on a new Young Adult thriller. Among twelve published books...
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