Adam Katz, PhD Adam Katz, PhD (he/his) is the general editor of 2 Rules of Writing. Born and raised in New York, Adam is a teacher and tutor with over ten years’ experience. Shortly after graduating from Columbia University, Adam began to tutor young people one-on-one, usually in English, Writing, Math, or standardized testing. As part of the PhD program at Stony Brook, Adam taught intro-level classes in Poetry, Fiction, and Drama. In recent years, Adam has been developing a curriculum based on the idea that creative writing is a better tool for learning how to write than the formulaic essays one practices in English and History classes.