American writer and online writing teacher
David Perell is an American writer and online educator known as "The Writing Guy." He founded Write of Passage, an online writing course that has trained thousands of students in essay craft, and hosts the How I Write podcast, where he interviews authors about their creative process. His own essays — published at perell.com — focus on writing, beauty, and architecture, and have helped popularize the practice of writing publicly on the internet. A practicing Christian, Perell lives in New York City.