The Creative Nonfiction Podcast Creators & Guests

Brendan O'Meara is the host of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast.

Andrew J. Chamberlain is a writer and podcast host. He is the author of the Masters Series of Christian Thrillers and the first contact SciFi series The Centauri Sequence. He also ghostwrites.Chamberlain is the host of The Creative Writer’s Toolbelt, a podcast that gives advice to writers, and accompanies his book by the same name.Chamberlain attended the University of Portsmouth, and has worked in banking, marketing, tech consultancy, and was a church pastor for seven years.

Rachel Monroe is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of the book, "Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession."

Elizabeth Rush is a nonfiction author. Her work explores how humans adapt to changes enacted upon them by forces seemingly beyond their control, from ecological transformation to political revolution.Rush's work has appeared in the New York Times, Harpers, Granta, Creative Nonfiction, Orion, Guernica and others. Her first book, "Still Lifes from a Vanishing City: Essays and Photographs from Yangon, Myanmar," was published in 2015. Her second book, "Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore," was published in 2018 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Rush teaches Nonfiction Writing at Brown University.Rush received her B.A. in English from Reed College, and her M.F.A. from Southern New Hampshire University.

Andre Dubus III is an author. He teaches full-time at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.Dubus III's first novel, "Bluesman," was published in 1993.Dubus III received his B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Connor Ratliff is an actor who has had roles on television shows like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) and Search Party (TBS).

Joe is a teacher and podcast host obsessed with the art of the interview and life-long learning.

Writer & Podcaster. Creator & Host of Anxiety Diaries Podcast

Jessica Lahey is a teacher and writer who writes about education, parenting, and child welfare. She writes the bi-weekly "Parent-Teacher Conference" advice column for the New York Times, and is a regular contributor to the Atlantic.Lahey has taught every grade from sixth to twelfth in both public and private schools. Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Vermont Public Radio, The Washington Post, and the New York Times.Lahey's first book, "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed," was published in 2015.Lahey received her B.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts, and her J.D. with a concentration in juvenile and education law from the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Amanda Petrusich is an American music journalist and the author of three books: Pink Moon (2007), It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music (2008), and Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records (2014).

Mike Sager is a journalist and author. Currently, he contributes to Esquire. He founded The Sager Group, a content brand with a variety of functions including publishing, film-making, and general marketing.Previously, Sager was a Washington Post staff writer, Rolling Stone contributing editor, and writer at large for GQ.

Catherine Grace Katz is a writer and historian.Katz was working in finance in New York City before becoming interested in history. Her first book, "The Daughters of Yalta: The Churchills, Roosevelts, and Harrimans: A Story of Love and War," was published in 2020.Katz received her B.A. in History Harvard University and her M.Phil in Modern European History from the University of Cambridge.

Noah Keefer Strycker is a birdwatcher. In 2015, he set a record for seeing 6,042 of the world's estimated 10,400 bird species in a continuous journey spanning all seven continents from January 1 to December 31, 2015.Strycker has written several books, and is Associate Editor of Birding magazine, and guides in the polar regions for Quark Expeditions.His books include: "Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America," "Birds of the Photo Ark," "Birding Without Borders," "The Thing with Feathers," and "Among Penguins."Strycker received his bachelor’s degree in Fisheries and Wildlife from Oregon State University, and his Master’s degree in Marine Sciences from Stony Brook University.

Allison Fallon is the author of The Power of Writing It Down, as well as Packing Light and Indestructible. She is a speaker and the founder of Find Your Voice.

Lamorna Ash is a writer and freelance journalist for The Guardian.Ash began her writing career as an intern at the Times Literary Supplement. Her first book, "Dark, Salt, Clear: Life in a Cornish Fishing Town," was published in 2020 and won the 2021 Somerset Maugham Award.Ash received her B.A. in English from Oxford University, and her M.A. in Social and Cultural Anthropology from University College London.

Rachel N. Corbett is an author and journalist. Currently, she is deputy editor at Artnet News.Corbett was the executive editor of Modern Painters from 2016-2017. Prior to that, she worked as a correspondent for The Art Newspaper.Corbett's work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and New York Magazine. Her first book, "You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin," was published in 2016.Corbett received her B.A. from the University of Iowa and her M.S. in Journalism from Columbia University.