Tutors
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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Rachel Long
Poetry
Rachel Long’s debut collection, My Darling from the Lions was published by Picador in the UK, in 2020, and by Tin House, in the US, in 2021. It was shortlisted for...
Sophie Mackintosh
Fiction Development • Novel
Sophie Mackintosh was born in South Wales, and is currently based in London...
Ayisha Malik
Fiction Development • Novel
Ayisha is a former publicist at Penguin Random House, turned managing editor at Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, turned...
Sarfraz Manzoor
Non-fiction
Sarfraz Manzoor is an author, journalist, screenwriter, broadcaster and playwright whose work over the last thirty years has often been based on and inspired by his life...
Philip Marsden
Fiction Development
Philip Marsden is the award-winning author of a number of works of travel, history and fiction, including The Bronski House...
Kate Maxwell
Kate Maxwell was born in London, studied English at Oxford University and has worked as a journalist, editor and broadcaster in London and New York...
Sarah May
Fiction Development • Novel
Sarah May is the highly acclaimed author of seven novels, including The Nudist Colony, (shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award...
Eimear McBride
Fiction Development
Eimear McBride grew up in the west of Ireland and trained at Drama Centre London. Her first novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing...
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