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.

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.

Kate is a writer, editor and writing for wellbeing practitioner & researcher. She is passionate about words and their ability to enhance our daily lives, from relaxation to self-discovery and workplace wellness. Kate is cofounder of WritingForLife.co.uk and founder of WriteToRelax.com.

She is a London branch coordinator for Lapidus International – a words & wellbeing organisation, and a member of NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education).

Carolyn lives in Glasgow with her husband and four children. Her novels have been published in 23 languages and her poetry has won many awards. Two of her books are currently optioned for film.

She holds a PhD in Literature from the Queen’s University of Belfast and is currently Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow, where she researches creative writing interventions for mental health.

Carolyn founded the The Writing Depression project in 2014 to explore the links between writing and mental illness, to investigate ways that writing can support mental wellness, and fundamentally to empower anyone suffering from mental illness. She is currently leading the next phase of the project.

In March 2020 Carolyn set up the Stay-At-Home! Literary Festival, in partnership with the creative writing incubator Paper Nations, in response to Covid-19 and as a venture to provide people with accessible, eco-friendly engagement with literature.

Helen has been teaching people to write for 30 years. She has devised and delivered writing courses from adult classes for recreational writers to undergraduate and masters degrees.

Her graduates are international prizewinners and have published adult, YA and children’s fiction, non-fiction and have had screenplays produced. They cite her down-to-earth approach and clear instruction as key to their progress.

Helen is a fiction writer and was a finalist in the Independent on Sunday short story competition.

She recently retired from university teaching to concentrate on finishing a novel – a contemporary thriller about a child’s murder – and to work with groups of writers in the wider community.