Our Teachers
The Muse's instructors are all working writers and published authors who have taught courses at colleges, universities, and other community organizations. Read our teachers’ biographies and see what classes they are currently teaching.
Nancy Williard
Born in North Carolina, Nancy H. Williard, returned in 2014 after twenty years in California’s Eastern Sierra mountains near Yosemite. A librarian, educator, editor, and writer, her pieces can be found in the North Carolina Literary Review, The Avalon Literary Review, Potato Soup Journal, and other places. (See Publications). She traded her Harley for an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte in May 2020. In 2021, her story "Wherever You Go" won Honorable Mention in the Doris Betts Fiction Prize.