“Read, read, read. Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it’s good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.” ― William Faulkner

Molly Rene is a bibliophile at heart with a love for storytelling. When she doesn’t have her nose in a book, she’s brainstorming her next project. She graduated from Arizona State University in 2018 with a B.A. in English Literature. Her professional writing career began with the Film Guide for the 2016 Sarasota Film Festival, where she wrote summaries and blurbs for featured films and short film collections. She has since worked on freelance projects and as a staff writer for Hometown News USA. Currently, she is a reader for the literary journal The Sine Qua Non and is working on her debut novel, The Vale of Shadows and Fae. She lives in Dallas, TX with her partner, David, and their big-boned Maine Coon, Thackery Binx.