The Fall 2026 Speculative and the Fantastic: Novel Workshop
Speculative writers! Write your novel with me this fall! I’m teaching my online workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies once again, and registration opens Monday, August 17!
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Spring Workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies: The Speculative and the Fantastic
I’m teaching with Stanford Continuing Studies again this spring! Join my 10-week online speculative novel workshop The Speculative and the Fantastic!
Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel Writing Retreat in June
Did you know that the Highlights Foundation is now called Boyds Mills—same magical place, new name? This June, Emily X.R. Pan and I are hosting Spotlight on the Middle of Your Novel: A Generative Retreat there. Sign up now!
The Eavesdrop: New Author Newsletter
Want to eavesdrop on some craft conversation? Check out The Eavesdrop, a new quarterly newsletter I’m doing with fellow authors Anna-Marie McLemore, Emily X.R. Pan, Anica Mrose Rissi, and Sara Ryan.
Speculative Novel Workshop with Stanford Continuing Studies
I’m delighted to announce that I’m teaching a new class with Stanford Continuing Studies this fall. It’s called Speculative Novel Workshop: The Unreal, the Surreal, the Fantastic, and registration opens Sept. 18!
Testimonials
Here’s a selection of testimonials from writers who have worked with me in the past: “I have had the good fortune to attend two workshops led by Nova Ren Suma, and each experience has been an extraordinary gift for my writing. The workshops themselves are a joy — filled with the generous, warm, inclusive energy […]
A Room Away from the Wolves
Available in hardcover, paperback, and ebook from Algonquin Audio available from Recorded Books The Edgar Award–nominated mesmerizing Gothic tale about the dark secrets Bina discovers when she runs away to the home her mother once loved and lost. Bookshop | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | Books-a-Million Audio Accolades: 2019 Edgar Award finalist An NPR Best Book of 2019 A School Library […]
The 2016 Djerassi YA Novel Workshop-Retreat
Even with my big teaching news that’ll keep me busy next year (I’m joining the faculty at VCFA!), I have a YA Novel Workshop-Retreat coming at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in California, and I am now accepting applications from serious, talented writers!
Djerassi Workshop Applications Now Open!
My YA Novel Writing Workshops & Retreats at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in February and June 2014 were such a resounding success—and such a joy to lead!—that I am doing another week-long YA novel workshop in June 2015! And exciting news: Applications are now open.
The Cover of THE WALLS AROUND US
I am thrilled to share the gorgeous cover of my new novel, The Walls Around Us, which was revealed on Tumblr Books (the first-ever cover reveal by Tumblr!) on August 4! Here it is, and this author couldn’t be happier:
Teaching a YA Novel Writing Workshop in NYC
I’ll be teaching a new YA novel writing workshop in New York City this fall, with Ideasmyth at the Writers Room in Manhattan.
Teaching Another Online YA Novel Writing Class
I taught my first online class with Mediabistro.com this spring/summer—a twelve-week YA novel writing class with some truly amazing students—and I’m happy to say I’ll be teaching a new online class starting this fall.