All Programs for Writers instructors are distinguished professionals, and their work has won numerous awards and appeared on national bestseller lists. Students benefit from being able to study with these outstanding writing experts, whose livelihood is doing what they also teach. For profiles of individual instructors. For more information on our short courses. The advisory board was created in 1996 to guide the development in University Extended Education of fiction and nonfiction certificate programs and of other courses of interest to writers.
Board members represent a high level of accomplishment in their field.
They have written thousands of articles, and scores of books with millions of copies in circulation. Jill Amadio, Freelance Writer and Columnist Carol Amato, Nonfiction Writer Betsy Amster, President, Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises, a literary agency in Los Angeles Barbara DeMarco Barrett, Freelance Writer, Editor, and Radio Host.