two books about the theme park industry: Building a Better Mouse (co-authored with David Green) and Theme Park Design He is also the author of "How to Fix Your Novel," "Write Your Life Story," "Writing Young Adult Fiction" and fiction books including a mystery, two young adult novels and a children's book co-authored with his wife, Linda McBride Alcorn. Through Internet instruction provider Education To Go, Mr. Alcorn teaches online classes at 1600 universities and colleges worldwide. His classes include "Write Fiction Like A Pro", "Mystery Writing", "Writing Young Adult Fiction", "Advanced Fiction Writing", "Writing for Children", and "Publish Your Book Now". In 2001 he founded The Writing Academy, an online learning website for authors. For aspiring Imagineers, he teaches a class in "Imagineering" at Imagineeringclass.com In a 2013 interview, Mr. Alcorn described the approach he takes to online learning. In 2020 he was featured in Season 4 Episode 9 of Walter Isaacson's Trailblazers. He has been married to his high school sweetheart, Linda McBride, since 1978. They have one child, Dani Alcorn. Publications References External links Imagineering Class Alcorn McBride Inc. 2010 Inc. 5000 Ed2go 1956 births Living people American technology executives UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni Harvard-Westlake School alumni