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.
Diane Zinna
Diane Zinna is originally from Long Island, New York. She received her MFA from the University of Florida and went on to teach creative writing for ten years. She formerly worked at AWP, the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, which hosts the largest literary conference in North America each year. In 2014, Diane created their Writer to Writer Mentorship Program, helping to match more than six hundred writers over twelve seasons. Diane lives in Fairfax, Virginia, with her husband and daughter. The All-Night Sun is her first novel.
Previous Classes Taught
- 10 Things to Take Your Writing to the Next Level
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- ASAP Creative Writing - Fiction
- Fiction Writing - ASAP
- Memoir 1: Tuesday Evenings
- (Summer 2021)
- On Writing Grief
- (Winter/Spring 2021)
- The Fiction Studio: Wednesday Mornings
- (Summer 2022)
- Your Writer’s Life: On Not Losing Your Soul to Publishing
- (Fall 2020)