Biography
Living in a century-old, three-generation farmhouse in rural Ontario, Molly hovers over her laptop, downing coffee after coffee while she goes on a journey with her characters. Primarily known as a writer of short stories, When Secrets Become Lies was her first novel, published in 2015. Previously, she published a collection of short stories, Fourteen Cups, and a creative memoir, Wandering Backward. Her stories appear in five Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, three OIW anthologies, NYMB, magazines and newspapers. She gives writing seminars, is often a guest speaker, and sings in two choirs. In her spare time, she can be found hiking the bywaysin Ontario and the ranges in Arizona with her camera strung around her neck, all the while thinking where her protagonist is heading next. While She Was Gone is her second novel. An avid believer that women are limitless in the roles they choose to play, Molly places her female characters in non-traditional professions, challenging the alpha male dominance factor. She also enlightens the reader about little discussed mental anxiety and depression issues. That being said, her work is about story-telling, she buries the issues in fast paced novels. She captures the reader right from the first page and takes them on a journey of discovery. During the pandemic, Molly was creative and published another novel, Whispers Never Spoken. She also worked with illustrators Ry Gordon and Michael Swaim and published four children's illustrated books. Trevor Tractor, Morty The Morton Street Bus, Stuck On Me, and Snow Business. Her children's books are available in English, French, and Spanish.
