Charlotte Hobson’s first novel, The Vanishing Futurist, a historical novel set in revolutionary Moscow, was published earlier this year by Faber and Faber. Antony Beevor described it as ‘breathtakingly original, luminously intelligent and impossible to put down. A great novel by any measure.’ Her first book, Black Earth City (Granta 2000) won a Somerset Maugham Award and was shortlisted for the…

Living part of the year in mainland Greece and part in England, online study with Faber Academy was the perfect solution for Steph Rouse who wrote the first 15,000 words of her novel, Hellingly, while on the Faber Academy Writing a Novel:the first 15,000 online course and has since added another 50,000 words during the Work in Progress course.…

Sam Cunningham is a sportswriter for a national newspaper. He’s a Faber Academy online course alumnus and has been shortlisted for crime-writing competitions. He lives in London with his wife, Amy.

Lizzie is a MA Professional Writing graduate with experience in digital marketing and social media management. Living in Ireland, Lizzie’s obsession with Irish folklore-inspired her to take the plunge and start writing her first fantasy novel based on the mythology around fairies.

Nicci Cloke’s first novel, Someday Find Me, was published by Fourth Estate in 2012. Her second, Lay Me Down, was published by Cape in 2015. She is also the author of two thrillers for young adults – Follow Me Back was published by Hot Key Books in 2016 and was nominated for the Carnegie medal, and Close Your Eyes was released earlier…

Christopher Fielden is an award-winning and Amazon bestselling author. His short stories have been published in print and online by many publications, including Boundless, Darker Times, Dark Lane Anthology, InkTears, Scribble, Writers’ Forum and many more. In 2015, Chris published a book called How to Write a Short Story, Get Published & Make Money. Chris also runs a blog about fiction…

Justin is a playwright, producer and screenwriter. He was Head Writer and Series Producer of Holby City for three years and has also written episodes of Ripper Street, Dickensian and Death in Paradise as well as developing his own pilot scripts with Drama Republic, Company Pictures, BBC Wales and Red Planet among others.

Emily’s the marketing, web and brand manager for John Yorke Story. She produces everything from Tweets and artwork to videos and white papers to help spread the word about our online training. She’s also our chief web editor and designer with years of experience working with sites and learning platforms for online education providers and…

Christina Bunce is a writer, educator and academic. She has experience of university teaching, online learning and digital content strategy and production. She has developed stories in many forms: as a journalist, author, magazine editor, digital content producer, online community builder — and nurse. Inspired by the potential of technology to increase accessibility to learning…