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Write It Right! Faculty
Matthew Cody is the author of the middle grade novels Powerless and The Dead Gentleman (both Knopf), and he has published pieces in McSweeney’s and Opium Magazine. He has taught at Laguardia Community College. He holds a BFA from Webster University and an MFA in Theater from the University of Alabama. Also Teaches:  Children's Book Writing   Creative Writing 101  
Shahnaz Habib has published fiction and nonfiction in the anthologies Twentysomething Essays by Twentysomething Writers (Random House) and 21 Under 40 (Zubaan). She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker online, the Guardian blogs, and Of Note magazine. She holds a BA from Mahatma Gandhi University, and MA in English Literature from the University of Delhi, and an MA in Media Studies from the New School. Also Teaches:  Creative Writing 101   Memoir Writing  
Pete Jensen wrote the feature screenplay Derwin's Shadow, which won a development grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He wrote and directed the award-winning short film "Charlie Primitive," which screened at over twenty festivals across the U.S. and Europe. His prose has been published in such literary magazines as Swink. He holds an MFA in Screenwriting and Directing from Columbia University. Also Teaches:  Screenwriting   Teen Creative Writing   TV Writing  
Chip Livingston is the author of the poetry collections Crow-Blue, Crow-Black (New York Quarterly Books) and Museum of False Starts (Gival Press). His fiction and non-fiction are also widely published, in journals including Ploughshares, Cincinnati Review, Potomac Review, Court Green, Subtropics, and Crazyhorse. He has taught writing at the University of the Virgin Islands, the University of Colorado and Brooklyn College. He holds a BS and a BA in English from the University of Florida, an MA in Fiction Writing from the University of Colorado, and an MFA in Poetry Writing from Brooklyn College. Also Teaches:  Creative Writing 101   Fiction Writing   Poetry Writing  
Jason Schneiderman is the author of the poetry collection Sublimation Point (Four Way Books). He has published poetry in such literary magazines as Columbia, Tin House, Grand Street, and Story Quarterly, and his work is included in the anthologies The Penguin Book of the Sonnet (Penguin), Bend, Don't Shatter (Soft Skull), and The New Breed: Gents, Bad Boys and Barbarians II (Windstorm). He has taught at Hofstra University. He holds a BA from the University of Maryland and an MFA in Creative Writing from NYU. Also Teaches:  Poetry Writing  
Martha Schulman has published fiction and nonfiction in the The Seattle Review, The Beacon Street Review, Gulf Stream, Jewish Currents, The Kings English and the 2003 Bridport Prize Anthology. She also reviews nonfiction for Publishers Weekly. She has taught at Columbia University and is a writing tutor and humanities instructor at The Cooper Union. She holds an AB from the University of Chicago, an MAT from Brown University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. Also Teaches:  Fiction Writing  

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