Niti Patel is a graduate of the 2026 Odyssey Online class “All the World’s a Page” and will be a participant in the 2026 Your Personal Odyssey workshop with the support of The Walter and Kattie Metcalf Singing Spider Scholarship. If she’s not curled up on the couch with a Read more
Application Deadline: December 15, 2026 Only 3 classes per year. Only 14 students per class. Bestselling, award-winning instructors. Live, Intensive, Interactive. Odyssey has been a pioneer in holding live online classes since 2010. Live class meetings allow a virtual classroom experience, with students participating in discussions, asking questions, and learning from Read more
Your Personal Odyssey graduate Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer; Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner; and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist. She was born in Changle, Fujian, and currently resides in Markham, Ontario. Her work can be found in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Read more
Odyssey Podcast #176 is an excerpt from a lecture by Carrie Vaughn for Your Personal Odyssey in 2024 on the delivery of information in fiction. Carrie Vaughn’s work includes the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel Bannerless, the New York Times bestselling Kitty Norville urban fantasy series, over twenty novels and Read more
Shay Kauwe is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) author from Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. They now live on Oʻahu. Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and was Read more
Jeanne Cavelos is the director of the Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Trust. She was a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell, where she worked for eight years, editing the fantasy/science fiction program, the Abyss horror line, and other fiction and nonfiction. Jeanne is also the bestselling author of seven books Read more
Barbara Ashford was a 2025 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Barbara has been praised by reviewers and readers alike for her compelling characters and her “emotional, heartfelt” storytelling. Her background as a professional actress, lyricist, and librettist has helped her delve deeply into character and explore the Read more
Greg van Eekhout was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Greg is the author of eight middle-grade novels and four adult novels as well as many stories published in various magazines and anthologies. His work has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Andre Norton Read more
Maggie Stiefvater was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Maggie is the New York Times bestselling author of The Listeners, The Raven Cycle, The Scorpio Races, and many others; her books have sold over five million copies around the world. She has also written novels, Read more
Jill Tew was a 2026 guest lecturer for the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Jill is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of dystopian romance and middle grade novels that imagine Black girls in exciting new worlds. Her debut novel The Dividing Sky (2024) was a Top 10 Kids Indie Next Pick Read more