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PROFILE
Molly Moynahan is an award-winning published author, writer, editor, writing coach, writing consultant, content creator, certified English teacher, high school academic coach, and an authority on writing successful college admission essays and graduate school personal statements. Her coaching creates independence and a writing practice that focuses on the process as much as the results. She also coaches and consults with high-level executives to produce biographies, speeches, and various corporate content. A regular contributor on Substack, she has been steadily cultivating a loyal community of readers.

PUBLISHED WORKS
Novels
MotherPerson, Empress Editions 2026.
Stone Garden, Harper Collins/William Morrow, 2003. New York Times Notable Book.
Living in Arcadia, Bantam Transworld Publishers, 1993.
Parting Is All We Know of Heaven, Harper & Row, 1991.
Castles of Europe, Longmeadow Press, 1993.
Non-Fiction
I Am: Recovery, Moving Forward, and Writing Your Story, self-published 2023.
Writing Successful College Admission Essays, self-published 2012.
Essays
The Teachers Way, Substack, 2022-present.
How to Be Silent, A Retail Christmas Story The Mail, Magazines and Books, Nothing But Senseless Violence, Chicago Is Failing the Young, Huffington Post, 2013-14.
How to Sleep with a Professor, Women in Literary Arts, 2014.
How to Be a Stepmother, Literary Mama, 2007.
How to Have a Good Divorce, Chicago Public Radio, 2006.
Sleeping with the Enemy, Mademoiselle, 1990. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
N. Michigan College, Traverse City, MI, 2024-present.
DePaul University, Chicago, IL, 2008-18.
Evanston Township High, Evanston, IL, 2000-09.
New Trier High School, Winnetka, IL, 2010-11.
Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL. 1996-98.
Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1996-97.
Southern Methodist Univ., University Park, TX, 1994-95.
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. 1991-93.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. 1990-94.
University of Texas, Dallas, TX, 1993-95.
College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, 1991-93.

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTING WORK
Writing Coach/Editor, Work with authors, executives, business groups, variety of projects. 2015-present.
Editor, Re-Engaging in Trust: The Missing Ingredient to Fixing Healthcare, Jan Berger, Julie Slezak, 2021.

EDUCATION
DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Certificate of English, 1998.
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY. MFA, 1990.
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. BA, 1979.

ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, California 1993 + 2008.
The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, 1995.
Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence, Woodstock, New York, 2024.