Gemma Cooper-Novack is a writer, playwright, literacies scholar, arts and writing educator, and writing coach. New York City-born and currently anchored in Syracuse, New York, she has also lived and worked in Chicago, Accra, and Boston. She has coached hundreds of clients, published work in more than fifty journals both literary and academic, and received a PhD with distinction in Literacy Education from Syracuse University in 2022.

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Testimonials
“I learned a lot from this program. It made me a stronger person and a writer. I will miss this program.”
Starr
student, age 16
"[P]laywright Gemma Cooper-Novack's articulate exploration of the issues doesn't seek convenient targets for blame … [it] strive[s] to remind audiences that conflict in faraway lands is not without its repercussions right here at home.”
Mary Shen Barnidge
Gemma sets reachable weekly goals that have helped me a leave a serious year or two of writer's block.
Abra
writer
My son said Gemma asked really good questions and made him 'dig deep' to think about the text as it relates to the prompt.
Cathy
mother of 10th-grader
Gemma has really gotten to know my daughter and her way of working. It's all going in the right direction for her, and we really have Gemma to thank for that.
Connie
parent of 8th-grader
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