Contact: mollywoodward1@gmail.com
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I’m open to projects and collaborations of all kinds. Please get in touch if you’d like to work together.
My interest in editing is rooted in a deep childhood love of language and stories. I started my career as a children’s book editor at Tricycle Press, an imprint of Ten Speed. Later, I joined the staff of Heyday, editing adult nonfiction and children’s books (here’s an interview about one of the wonderful projects I helped with).
For the last fifteen-plus years I have consulted for a variety of publishers, organizations, and individuals, serving in editorial and communications roles and learning from an array of brilliant and creative colleagues. Most recently, I turned my storytelling lens to documentary filmmaking as associate producer and contributing writer of the film Counted Out: Math is Power.
I hope to contribute to an equitable and thriving story ecosystem, with less gatekeeping and more voices, with less rigidity and more diversity of story forms and avenues for sharing them.
I grew up in Lenape land / Philly, PA, and today live in Karkin Ohlone land / Martinez, CA. I love being part of our small-town Martinez community—hanging out on Main Street with family and friends, frequenting our local library, and walking in the hills.