Molly Zakoor (née Schulman) is a writer and an editor. She was born in California; she grew up in New York; she lived in Georgia for a nice while, and now she’s based in Austin, TX. She has a dog named Sabah, which means Grandpa and/or Morning.
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Molly has been working in publishing for sixteen years, and as an independent editor, ghostwriter, and author consultant for twelve. After receiving her BA in Creative Writing from The New School in 2009, she worked in publishing as an in-house editor at The Friedrich Agency where she worked with authors such as Elizabeth Strout, Ruth Ozeki, Jane Smiley, Terry McMillan, Karen Joy Fowler, and Sheri Holman. In 2013, she left the agency to pursue her writing and freelance professional services. As an independent editor, she’s worked with authors such as Imbolo Mbue, Dani Shapiro, Ruth Ozeki, Mary Laura Philpott, Grant Ginder, Nadia Bowers, Michelle Ruiz Keil, Tatjana Soli, Andrea Yaryura Clark, Maryanne O’Hara, Will Heinrich, William Haseltine, and many others. She has taught writing and publishing workshops in both Brooklyn, NY and Austin, TX. Currently, Molly is also the Story Editor for the hit podcast from iHeart Media, Family Secrets, and the Senior Editor at Empress Editions.
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Molly debuted her one woman show, a poetry-based storytelling performance called One of Six—a story about growing up with many siblings, in many houses—at the City of Savannah Center for Cultural Affairs in May 2014. She has been published in literary journals such as Release, Eleven-and-a-Half, Burningword, Sink Review, and Just Place. She guest edited the Summer 2015 issue of Five Quarterly, and she was a Winter 2016 Ragdale writer-in-residence. She is currently on submission with her debut novel—a multi-generational tale of show business—called HOW TO CRY ON CUE.