Writer coaching at The Novelry
Our book writing coaches are published authors who positively enjoy working with aspiring authors. They have hit the bestseller lists and been nominated for and won famous awards: they have been hand-picked for The Novelry as gifted writing coaches.
Our writing coaches are an in-house team. Between them, they have experience across the full range of all genres of fiction. They are based in the USA, Canada and the UK and coach online worldwide to a structured program designed to help writers become published authors.
Our coaches have been trained in our positive coaching method, and our one-on-one writer mentoring program is a big part of the reason we’re the world’s best-loved creative writing school.
‘Incredible coaching sessions that helped reinvigorate my writing.’
Claire D.
Your coaching services fit into your course plan as part of our unique interactive process for story development.
Our behind-the-scenes systems allow every book coach to see where a writer student is at any given time and how they are doing at a glance.
A major perk of The Novelry is you have access to the entire team of writing coaches. Feel free to switch and swap to get the right advice for your own work as your story develops. You can choose the writing coach you would like to work with, and you’re not tied to one writing coach for your entire course program.
Our writing coaching team work hand in glove with our editorial team and get the latest publishing industry advice from experienced professionals connected to the world’s leading literary agencies.
As a team, overseen by our course director, we’ll be keeping an eye on your progress to ensure your best chance of success.
‘The ability to chat with authors and editors, who I feel really care about my writing success, is what makes The Novelry so special.’
Catherine L.

Choosing your writing coach
Our book coaches are chosen for their warmth and collaborative coaching style. As an experienced writer, each and every one of them has chosen to work with aspiring writers because they enjoy the coaching process and want to encourage writers to find their story and their unique writing style to find their place in the literary world.
Our book coaching team are on-staff and dedicated to their work at The Novelry outside of their own writing. They find working with writers is a great way to achieve their writing goals and sharpen their own writing skills. Our team dig deep into each writer’s story and give them the emotional support many writers need for the writing journey. They meet with the other writing coaches every week to share notes to ensure they are giving the best practical advice to their writers.
You are free to choose to work with any writing coach you wish at any time, and we will be sure to give you our advice on the right coach for you too.
Good mentorship: staying on track together all the way to The End

Your writing coach at The Novelry will be cheering you on every step of the way, delighted as you tick off your writing goals, develop your skills, complete a first draft, submit your manuscript to literary agents and achieve your ambition to get a book deal.
Your first session begins with one question – what do you want to achieve?
At your first session, your coach will review your idea or ideas and share feedback from the team at The Novelry. If you are aiming to be published, a strong story is the way to go. Different genres and reader audiences have different requirements and working with literary agents in New York and London we know what will fly! The coaching program is carefully structured to develop your storyline through the six sessions to become a stand-out story, and you are welcome to bring your own questions too. You can book any extra sessions as and when you need them.
Our Writer Coaching Team
New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller and award-winning authors have published books with major publishing houses worldwide. Based in the USA, Canada and the UK, our team offer coaching sessions for all time zones worldwide. You’ll find your sessions with your writing coach are fun, lively and inspiring.
We help you grow as a writer and build your confidence. We’ll shine a light on what’s working and help you solve problems. We get far better results this way.
Most of our writing course plans include a coaching program. Choose the right course for you, and we will take great care of you and your book-in-waiting.
Choose your course
Children’s and Young Adult Fiction

Piers Torday
Writing coach, Piers Torday, is the award-winning and bestselling author of seven books for children dubbed ‘the new master of children’s fiction’ by The Times.

Melanie Conklin
Writing coach, Melanie Conklin, is the award-winning author of five middle-grade books for children, and winner of the International Literacy Association Teacher’s Choice Award.

Alice Kuipers
Writing coach, Alice Kuipers, is the bestselling, award-winning author of five novels, and six books for younger readers. She has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. She is also a bestselling ghost writer experienced in writing memoir.

David Solomons
Writing coach, David Solomons, is the author of middle-grade children’s novels. His children’s books have won The British Book Industry Best Children’s Book and The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Crime and Suspense

Amanda Reynolds
Writing coach, Amanda Reynolds, is the bestselling author of four novels. Her number one ebook bestseller, Close To Me, was recently adapted into a major TV series.

Lesley Kara
Lesley Kara is a Sunday Times Top Ten and Amazon #1 bestselling author of psychological thrillers. She is the author of The Rumour, Who Did You Tell?, The Dare and The Apartment Upstairs.

Emylia Hall
Writing coach, Emylia Hall, is the award-winning author of four novels with her fifth, a cosy crime novel, published in 2023. She is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
Fantasy, Speculative and Science Fiction

Tasha Suri
Tasha Suri is the award-winning author of The Books of Ambha duology (Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash) and the epic fantasy The Jasmine Throne. Empire of Sand was rated by TIME magazine as one of the best fantasy novels of all time.

Andrea Stewart
Andrea Stewart is the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author of The Drowning Empire trilogy (The Bone Shard Daughter, The Bone Shard Emperor, and The Bone Shard War) and a finalist for numerous awards, including the Goodreads Choice Award and The British Fantasy Award.

L.R. Lam
El, or L.R. Lam, is the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author of nine novels, with three more under contract. Their books include the epic fantasy romance Dragonfall, the beginning of the Dragon Scales trilogy, cyberpunk near-future thrillers, space opera novels and a near-future thriller.

Katie Khan
Katie Khan is the author of two novels. Her first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published in the U.K. by Penguin Random House and in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster, and has been translated into twenty-one languages around the world.
Literary, Romance and UpLit

Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is the multi-million copy bestselling, award-winning, Booker Prize-listed author of six novels and short stories.

Mahsuda Snaith
Mahsuda Snaith’s debut novel The Things We Thought We Knew (Penguin Random House) saw her named an Observer ‘New Face of Fiction’.

Libby Page
Libby Page is the bestselling author of four novels. The Lido became a Sunday Times bestseller within its first week of publication and has been published in more than 23 territories around the world.
Historical Fiction

Kate Riordan
Kate Riordan is the bestselling author of five novels, and has been a Richard and Judy Book Club choice. Her novels are published by Penguin Random House.

Sarah Penner
Sarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally bestselling author of two novels. Her books have been translated into more than 40 languages, and her debut, The Lost Apothecary, has been optioned by Fox Entertainment for a drama series.
The courses to become a published author
Only The Novelry offers the complete career path for novelists from coming up with a big idea through to raising your writing to publishing standards.
With one-on-one coaching from bestselling authors to stay on track.

The Novel Kickstarter Course
Find the story and write a first draft.
For $1699 or £1399
With instalment payment plans available.

The Novel Development Course
Complete and edit a novel.
$1865 or £1550
With instalment payment plans available.

The Finished Novel
The full writer-to-author career path.
$3499 or £2799
With instalment payment plans available.
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