SHU WPF
I have an MA and an MFA from Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction Program. My MA concentration was science fiction and fantasy, and my MFA concentration was young adult literature.
The SHU WPF community contains writers from not-published-yet to major award winners and best-sellers, a support network that embraced me as a newbie and continues to support me as I begin my career in earnest. If you’d like to check out the community for yourself, you can attend the In Your Write Mind workshop the alumni put on at Seton Hill each June.
Below is a website list of students, alumni, mentors, and teachers in the MFA program. All have something important to add to the conversation about reading and writing popular fiction. Please check them out.
Jenny Andersen: romance
Carla E. Anderton: horror
Michael Arnzen: horror
J.L. Benet: horror
K.C. Blau: historical fiction/Vienna
Sally Bosco: young adult dark fiction
Diana Dru Botsford: science fiction
Gary A. Braunbeck: horror
Mike Brendan: science fiction
Jenn Brisendine: middle grade fiction, creative non-fiction
Jen Brooks: young adult, science fiction, and fantasy
Tobias Buckell: science fiction
Kristina Elyse Butke: fantasy
Kris Campa: urban fantasy . . . mixed with a little bit of everything else
Melanie Card: fantasy, paranormal romance
Christopher Paul Carey: science fiction
Traci Castleberry: science fiction and fantasy
Lawrence C. Connolly:fantasy and horror
Jo Crosier: romance
Kaye Dacus: contemporary and historical romance
David L. Day: dark fiction
Kristin Dearborn: horror
Mary DeSantis: fantasy
C. Coco De Young: children’s/middlegrade
Traci Douglass: contemporary and paranormal romance, urban fantasy
S. C. Dunn: young adult
Natalie Duvall: regency romance
Laurie Alice Eakes: historical romance
Genevieve Iseult Eldredge: fantasy
Timons Esaias: science fiction
Leadie Jo Flowers: science fiction and horror
Gaelen Foley: historical romance
Anne Fotheringham: mystery, poetry, and editor
K.L. Grady: urban fantasy, horror, romance
Alexa Grave: fantasy
Cheryl Grey: mystery
J. Gunnar Grey: mystery
J.L. Gribble: urban fantasy, alternate history
Sheldon Higdon: dark fiction
Samantha Holloway: fantasy
Allison Holz: fantasy and romance
Nikki Hopeman: mystery, fantasy, horror
Nalo Hopkinson: science fiction and fantasy
W.H. Horner: editor
Lee Allen Howard: horror, dark fantasy, dark crime, suspense
K.J. Howe: Thriller
Rhonda Jackson Joseph: romance and horror
C.A. Jacobs: fantasy
Scott A. Johnson: horror
Ann Laurel Kopchik: fantasy
Diane L. Kowalyshyn: high-stake adventure
C.R. Langille: horror and dark fantasy
Samantha Lienhard: : horror and fantasy
Jennifer Loring: horror and fantasy
Patrice Lyle: young adult
Candy Lyons: romance
Susan Mallery: romance
Erin Marcotte: paranormal romance
Kate Martin: fantasy
Dana Marton: romantic suspense
Rhonda Mason: science fiction, fantasy, and romance
Lee McClain: middle grade/young adult
Donna McGoldrick: romantic suspense
Mike Mehalek: horror
Sharon Mignerey: romance
Barbara Miller (Laurel Ames): romance, mystery, young adult
Heidi Ruby Miller: science fiction romance
Jason Jack Miller: dark fantasy
Meg Mims: historical western and cozy mystery
Susan P. Mucha: thriller
Meline Nadeau: romance
Pearl North: young adult science fiction
Nicole Peeler: fantasy
Patrick Picciarelli: mystery/thriller
Steven Piziks: science fiction and romantic suspense
W.D. Prescott: dark to humorous fiction
Irene L. Pynn: fantasy
Michelle R. Preciado: young adult
Lori Pollard-Johnson: mystery
Cynthia Ravinski: fantasy
Symantha Reagor: young adult science fiction and fantasy
Daphne Riordan: fantasy
Amanda Sablak: thriller and horror
Mary SanGiovanni: horror
Deirdre Saoirse Moen:science fiction and fantasy
Jason Schmetzer: science fiction
Adina Senft: Amish women’s fiction
Christopher Shearer: horror
Leslie L. Smith: science fiction
Lucy A. Snyder: fantasy
Maria V. Snyder: fantasy
Ellen Spain: young adult
Monica Spence: historical fiction with romantic elements
R. Alexander Spoerer: science fiction and fantasy
Elle Stone: young adult fantasy
Nicole Taft: fantasy and science fiction
KW Taylor: science fiction, fantasy, and horror
Nora Thompson: children’s
Victoria Thompson: mystery
Diane Turnshek: science fiction
Tanya Twombly: speculative fiction and satire
Jessica M.J. Vann: fantasy
Tim Waggoner: horror, young adult, fantasy
Albert Wendland: science fiction
Teffanie Thompson White:children’s/middle grade
Shara White: science fiction
David Wilbanks: science fiction
Karen Lynn Williams: children’s
K. Ceres Wright: science fiction