Shared Worlds
2025 Dates: July 13–26!

 
 

Shared Worlds is an annual summer program designed for teen writers interested in speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, etc.). The students work in groups with an experienced “world-building coordinator” to design and build a world. 

Supported by an Amazon grant and featured by The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, Shared Worlds is a unique writing camp that brings together rising 8th-12th grade students from all over the world. Students work with critically acclaimed and bestselling fantasy and science fiction writers to imagine, build, and write their own stories.

Shared Worlds takes the ideas and enthusiasm of young writers seriously, and encourages their creativity in a fun, dynamic, and safe learning environment on the beautiful campus of Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. 

Shared Worlds strives for an outstanding residential camp experience where students can make meaningful connections with other students and grow as collaborators and as writers. This experience is possible only when we can all meet safely together. Shared Worlds is also committed to the health, safety, and well-being of its campers and staff members.

 
 

Meet this year’s Guest Authors!

2025 Guest Authors

Introducing our Guest Authors for Shared Worlds 2025!
We are pleased to have Roseanne A. Brown, Amanda Foody, Micaiah Johnson, Naz Kutub, and Rosiee Thor as our second-week guest authors for 2025!

They bring amazing talent to our program and will be in our classrooms and working with students one-on-one during the program in week two!

ROSEANNE A. BROWN is an immigrant from the West African nation of Ghana and a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she completed the Jimenez-Porter Writers’ House program. Her debut novel A Song of Wraiths and Ruin was an instant New York Times Bestseller, an Indie Bestseller, and received six starred reviews. She has worked with Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney among other publishers.
Web: roseanneabrown.com IG: @rosiesrambles.

AMANDA FOODY has always considered imagination to be our best attempt at magic. She is a New York Times, USA Today, and indie bestselling author of fantasy novels, including the Wilderlore series, the All of Us Villains duology, the upcoming A Fate So Cold duology, and more.
Web: amandafoody.com IG: @amandafoody

MICAIAH JOHNSON is the Compton Crook Award–winning author of The Space Between WorldsHer debut novel was an Editors’ Choice of The New York Times and named one of best books of 2020 and one of the best science-fiction books of the last decade by NPR. She was raised in California’s Mojave Desert, surrounded by trees named Joshua and women who told stories. She received a bachelor of arts in creative writing from the University of California, Riverside, and a master of fine arts in fiction from Rutgers University–Camden. She now studies American literature at Vanderbilt University, where she focuses on critical race theory and automatons. Web: micaiahjohnson.com IG: @micaiahthewriter

NAZ KUTUB is a half-Indian, half-Malay immigrant from Singapore. His debut novel, The Loophole, was inspired by his personal experiences growing up as a gay Muslim, and as someone raised on a calorie-dense diet of Eastern lore.
Web: nazkutub.com IG: @nazkutub 

ROSIEE THOR is the Pacific Northwest Indie Bestselling author of Tarnished Are the Stars, Fire Becomes Her, and tie-in novels for franchises like Life is Strange and Firefly. They live in Oregon with a dog, two cats, and an abundance of plants. 
Web: rosieethor.com IG: @rosieethor