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.
Christopher De Matteo
Christopher De Matteo holds a BA in History and a BA in Political Science from the University of Virginia's College at Wise, an MA in History from Old Dominion University, where he worked as a Teacher's Assistant, and an MT in Secondary Education from VCU. He currently teaches high school history. Chris has presented research at undergrad and graduate research conferences, and has been published in several journals, in both history and fiction. He has a love of science fiction and an obsession with world building; he is working on his first novel.
Previous Classes Taught
- 1-Day Creative Writing "Camp" for Adults (Mon. July 24)
- (Summer 2023)
- Advanced Scrivener
- (Fall 2021)
- Advanced Scrivener
- (Winter/Spring 2023)
- Building Better Worlds
- (Summer 2021)
- Building Better Worlds (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)
- Making Historical Writing Real
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- Making Historical Writing Real
- (Winter/Spring 2022)
- Making Historical Writing Real
- (Summer 2022)
- Making Historical Writing Real
- (Summer 2023)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener
- (Summer 2020)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener
- (Summer 2022)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener
- (Fall 2022)
- The Nuts and Bolts of Scrivener (Now Online)
- (Winter/Spring 2020)