OUR TEAM
HEATHER MCQUILLAN
Director, PD Provider, Tutor
Adv Dip Tchg, B.Ed, Master of Creative Writing with distinction
Heather is an award-winning writer of novels for young people, short stories and flash fiction.
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GAIL INGRAM
Tutor, Editor
BA, Dip Tchg( secondary), RSA Dip TEFLA, Master of Creative Writing with distinction.
Gail is an award-winning writer, and an editor of poetry and short story.
RACHEL DOUGLASS
Tutor
Bachelor of Teaching and Learning
Rachel grew up with Write On. She is loving being back in the classroom in between Mum-time.
CLAIRE WRIGHT
Tutor
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Bachelor in Creative Writing, Substitute teacher certificate ( Cal) and experience as an ESOL tutor
Claire has been writing fiction for over a decade, with five short stories published – she also has a mystery-horror podcast, Fracture, with over 22,000 downloads.
DESNA WALLACE
Tutor
BA English, Dip Children's Lit, Dip ILS, NZ Certificate in Library and Information Services for Children and Teens.
Desna is a school librarian, writer, poet, blogger, tutor, and keen reader.
SUE KINGHAM
Tutor
Sue is a graduate of Hagley Writers' Institute. She is an award-winning writer of short fiction and memoir. She writes articles for magazines and has recently produced a non-fiction book about dyslexia.
PHILOMENA JOHSON
Tutor
BA DipEd (Hons)
Philomena is a graduate of Hagley Writers’ Institute. She is a writer of poetry and is currently working on a verse novel for younger readers.
KATE RENNIE
Tutor
Creative over many fields, Kate has recently joined our tutorial team.
Kate leads our teen Write On Saturday Online class.