Writing is an act of bravery.
All writers deserve respect, close reading, and thoughtful feedback — and we aim to provide it.
Award-winning authors Susanna Daniel and Michelle Wildgen founded the Madison Writers’ Studio in 2013 with the goal of bringing MFA-level writing instruction to an intimate workshop setting.
MWS workshops are casual yet challenging, inspirational and practical, and always writer-focused. We pledge to approach every writer's work with kindness, humor, and honesty.
WORKSHOPS
Susanna Daniel’s debut novel, Stiltsville, was awarded the PEN/Bingham prize, and her second novel, Sea Creatures, was a Target Book Club pick. Both novels were published by HarperCollins and Harper Perennial. Her latest novel, Girlfriending, is represented by Emily Forland of the Brandt Hochman agency.
Michelle Wildgen is the author of the novels Wine People, Bread and Butter, But Not For Long, and You’re Not You, and is the editor of an anthology, Food & Booze: A Tin House Literary Feast (Tin House Books).