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 plays several musical instruments 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
Shay Kauwe is a Your Personal Odyssey graduate and Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) author from the island of Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi. She grew up on the Homestead in Waimānalo but moved to Russia because she fell in love with a boy. Shay holds an M.Ed in Education and was named Read more
Henry Lien was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. Henry is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of the Peasprout Chen fantasy series and the non-fiction book Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of Eastern Read more
APPLICATIONS OPENEarly Action Deadline 2/20 Have you ever wished that you could attend your own private writing workshop that would teach you exactly what you need to know, at the right pace for you, and respond to your questions, problems, and needs in extensive one-on-one sessions? That’s what Your Personal Read more
Your Personal Odyssey instructor and Odyssey graduate E. C. Ambrose writes knowledge-inspired adventure fiction, including the five-volume Dark Apostle series about medieval surgery, The Singer’s Legacy fantasy series as Elaine Isaak, and the Bone Guard international thrillers as E. Chris Ambrose. The Dark Apostle started with Elisha Barber (DAW, 2013), Read more
P. A. Cornell was a 2025 guest lecturer for Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She is an award-winning, Chilean-Canadian speculative fiction writer. A graduate of the Odyssey workshop, her stories have been published in over fifty magazines and anthologies, including Lightspeed, Apex, and three “Best of” anthologies. In addition to becoming Read more
Apply by January 18, 2026 Odyssey’s Winter Online Classes are here! Build new skills and make your writing stronger and more memorable. We’ve got three courses to choose from. Attend live, online class sessions for intensive instruction and an interactive experience. Assignments provide deep practice in trying out the new Read more
A. Katherine Black is a 2018 graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and a 2024 graduate of the Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop. She’s served as Resident Supervisor for previous Odyssey Writing Workshop cohorts and has served as Moderator and Resident Supervisor at The Never-Ending Odyssey (TNEO), an annual workshop Read more