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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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, Jane Smiley, Terry McMillan, Karen Joy Fowler, and Ruth Ozeki. In 2013, she left the agency to pursue her own writing, performing, and professional freelance editing/author consultation services. As an independent editor, she’s worked with authors such as Imbolo Mbue, Dani Shapiro, Mary Laura Philpott, Grant Ginder, Michelle Ruiz Keil, Will Heinrich, William Haseltine, and she’s continued her work with Ruth Ozeki, too. She has taught writing and publishing workshops in both Brooklyn, NY and Austin, TX. Currently, Molly is the Story Editor for the hit podcast from iHeart Media, Family Secrets.
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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 working on her debut novel—a multi-generational tale of show business—called HOW TO CRY ON CUE.
