Tag: WF

  • Fletcher Weiss

    Instructor Fletcher Weiss is psyched to be joining the Writopia Team! Fletcher is a writer and educator from Providence, Rhode Island. There, he worked as a school librarian and ran an after-school creative writing program before relocating to New York to pursue an MFA in Creative Nonfiction at Sarah Lawrence College. His work has appeared…

  • Ivory Butler

    Instructor Ivory Butler is delighted to be on the Writopia Lab team! Ivory first discovered her love of writing in elementary school when she was tasked with writing a short story that soon evolved into a 50-page novella, and she has adored writing ever since. Throughout her teenage years, Ivory took workshops at Writopia Lab…

  • Joe Wallace

    Volunteer Mentor Joe, who will be joining Writopia Lab as a volunteer writing mentor, is the author of three novels; nonfiction books on science, natural history, and baseball; and a bunch of mystery short stories. He’s also worked as a mentor for writing students (everything from middle schoolers through adults) for many years, and may…

  • Justin Allen

    Instructor Justin Allen is excited to be an instructor at Writopia Lab. Justin is the author of two novels, Slaves of the Shinar and Year of the Horse. He is also the author of three plays. Murder at the Masque: The Casebook of Edgar Allen Poe and Gilbert and Sullivan, The Ballet! were both commissioned…

  • Léna Roy

    Chief of Education and Program Innovation Léna has been part of the Writopia world since 2009 and has been working with kids and teens in New York City’s northern suburbs since 2010. In 2018, she launched our pre-college program for teens, Creative Portfolio, which became national in 2020.  From 2014 to present, Léna has been…

  • Michael Kozlowsky

    Instructor Michael Paul Kozlowsky is thrilled to be a part of Writopia Lab. He is the author of Scarecrow Has a Gun. His children’s novels, written as M.P. Kozlowsky, include Juniper Berry and The Dyerville Tales from HarperCollins, and Frost and Rose Coffin from Scholastic Press. His writing has appeared on The No Sleep Podcast,…