English professor turned creative entrepreneur, Claire Giovino has built her life around one simple concept – examining the space between where you are and where you want to be. As CEO and co-founder of A Writing Room, Claire has a unique gift for helping writers get out of their own way by transforming knowledge into action.

As a teen dad, college dropout and ex-meth-head, Jack alchemized his origin story into art and emerged as a creative leader. Creator of the award-winning podcast Hello Humans and life-long advocate for recovery and mental health, Jack channeled years of artistic collaboration into his role as Creative Director and co-founder of A Writing Room. 

Reese Zecchin is incurably curious, driven by a relentless desire to understand how the world operates. An avid amateur horologist, film photographer, and YouTube-certified mechanic, he is constantly engrossed in various projects. Reese heads up Writing Room's studio headquarters in San Francisco and produces on-demand courses, live-stream events, audiobooks, and more.

Carly Vair is a horror and dark fantasy author and the in-house beta reader for A Writing Room. Her debut novel was recently acquired by a major publishing house, and she loves to help writers level up their work and navigate the path to publication. A former journalist, her work primarily explores the history and haunted corners of small towns, the magic and malice of the natural world, and power in all its forms.

The beloved author of ten New York Times bestselling books, Anne Lamott brings her passion, humor, and skill as a writer and human to this community. Allow this creative activist to reignite your spark for writing – and life.

Mere supports and guides A Writing Room as Community Liaison. She leads Silent Writing sessions, teaches workshops, and facilitates the Short Stories & Flash Fiction Meetup. Her life’s purpose is to use words to educate, entertain, encourage, and empower.