Originally a nurse and then a medical journalist Christina is a pioneering online educator, author and academic excited by the potential of technology to transform learning and accessibility to talent development opportunities.

She is co-founder of Professional Writing Academy, delivering online learning and communities for organisations including Faber Academy, John Yorke Story and universities across the UK and Europe.

She led the set up the world’s first fully online masters in writing in 2007 - MA Professional Writing - at Falmouth University.

Christina spent the early part of the century riding the dotcom boom with zeal as the Content Director of Dr Miriam Stoppard's digital arm, experimenting with database books and as editor of a groundbreaking  online editorial and community CPD resource for nurses justfornurses.co.uk. She also worked as a consultant for  organisations from the NHS to pharmaceutical companies and printers helping adapt to the new world of digital communications.

Susannah is a founding director of Professional Writing Academy and has been teaching people how to write online since 2007, when she helped develop the world’s first fully online masters degree in writing, at Falmouth University.

She works closely with PWA clients including Faber Academy, John Yorke Story and a multitude of organisations to devise and deliver engaging, practical online courses and live learning experiences that work for learners from all backgrounds around the world.

Prior to that she worked for many years in the publishing industry, as a managing and commissioning editor for publishers including Dorling Kindersley, Octopus, Watkins and Pinter & Martin, developing new ideas and authors, and building health and wellbeing lists. She has edited authors including BKS Iyengar, Penelope Leach, Sheila Kitzinger, Professor Robert Winston, Zita West, Deborah Bull, Rowan Williams and Jo Fairley.

Susannah is author of 24 books herself on yoga, meditation and complementary health, translated into 17 languages. She is a graduate of UEA.

Nic is Technical Director of the Professional Writing Academy. He has led the development of the online platform supporting all the company’s courses, including in therapeutic and reflective writing.

Nic has been working in web technologies since 1997. His background is in complex web platforms and system architecture, but his specialty is in technology that transforms the way we learn and consume information.

Nic has worked for clients including Royal Air Force, RNLI, Eden Project, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HRH The Prince of Wales, Northcliffe Media.

His work has been recognised by many prestigious industry awards, including BIMA Award (British Interactive Media Association), Interactive Media Award (Interactive Media Council) and the United Nations Social Investment Pioneer Award.

Fiona is the face of the Professional Writing Academy community. She’s spent much of her career managing and developing communities both face-to-face and online.

She's worked on a variety of projects with adults and young people, including an arts outreach scheme for Cheltenham Borough Council and community-based projects for the YMCA in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Fiona has been with PWA since 2015, focusing on the student experience and course development.

She works with students to support them both during their course and afterwards, via the growing Alumni Area, where participants join an active and supportive international community as they continue their writing journey.

Fiona has a PGCE, MA in Professional Writing and an MFA from Falmouth University.

A technically minded content strategist, as well as an experienced business writer and editor, Sarah helps us continually develop our online classroom and works alongside our tutors to create our courses.

Drawing on her years of experience in customer service and business, she’s written stories and developed digital content for major brands, and has helped develop and nurture online learning communities.

She loves working on unusual creative projects and is a D&AD Writing for Design award winner for collaborative writing project, From Home to Home and for Hoxton Street Monster Supplies Postal Services — a unique letter exchange where children can write to and receive replies from fictional monsters.

Sarah used to run a scuba diving school in the Caribbean, but gave it up to follow the dream: being a writer. She has an MA in Professional Writing.

Rosie is an award-winning digital illustrator based in Bristol. She completed a BA in Illustration at Bournemouth University and an MA in Children's Publishing at Bath Spa.

In 2019 she won the Purple Dragonfly Book Award for children's book The Ugly Bug Club.

Kathryn has many years of experience as a journalist and in developing online learning products in partnership with different organisations. Her focus is always on how the online resource can best serve its audience and on how partners can work together to get the best result for both involved.

A former nurse and health visitor, Kathryn is a trained Buteyko breathing therapist where she has learnt the important relationship between how we breathe and how we feel both physically and mentally.