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.

Alicia Dekker
Alicia Dekker completed her MFA in fiction at Queens University. She holds a B.S. in Drama from Syracuse University and a M.S. in Telecommunications from Kutztown University. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and selected as one of ten finalists in Mikrokosmos Journal's 2019 fiction contest, judged by Amy Hempel. Her work has been published in The Quotable and Barely South Review, among others. Alicia is an editorial assistant for Qu Literary Magazine and an emeritus board member of The Muse Writers Center.
Current Classes Taught
Previous Classes Taught
- Fiction 2: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings
- The Fiction Workshop: Thursday Evenings (Now Online)
- The Fiction Workshop: Wednesday Mornings
- The Fiction Workshop: Wednesday Mornings
- The Method Writer: Stealing Techniques From the Actors' Toolbox (Now Online)
- The Perfect Ending