Aimee Molloy

Brooklyn, NY USA
http://www.aimeemolloy.com
10 Years Experience

Professional Experience

I've co-authored four popular non-fiction books, and have written for several national magazines. My co-authoring work includes books with Senator John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry, Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari, human rights activist Pam Cope, and Army Chaplain James Yee. I've also book-doctored two books and have written for the New York Times Magazine, Salon, Huffington Post, Metropolis and others. My work is varied, with a bent toward human rights issues and social justice. I'm equally comfortable interviewing the head of UNICEF as I am a street artist who makes a living creative subversive underground art. I have never missed a deadline (not even on any of my books!), and have a wonderful relationship with every editor I've worked with. I've been sent on reporting trips to West Africa, Southeast Asia, Guantanamo, and several states in the U.S. I am also a very skilled and capable researcher. I'm flexible, easy-going, and always eager to write as much as I can!

Expertise

Book Author 7 YearsReporter 8 YearsResearcher 15 Years

Specialty

International 8 YearsLifestyle 8 YearsWomen's Issues 12 Years

Industries

Book Publishing Consumer 7 YearsMagazine - Large Consumer/National magazines 8 YearsMagazine - Local/Regional magazines 8 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Random House (1-2)
  • Grand Central Publishing (1-2)
  • HarperCollins (1-2)
  • Hyperion (1-2)
  • New York Times Magazine (1-2)
  • PublicAffairs (1-2)
  • Metropolis Magazine (1-2)
  • Preservation Magazine (1-2)
  • Huffington Post (1-2)
  • Village Voice (1-2)
  • Architectural Design (1-2)
  • Gotham Gazette (1-2)
  • City Limits (1-2)
  • Salon.com (3-5)
  • Broadway Books (1-2)
  • Workman Publishing (1-2)

Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

  • Municipal Art Society of New York (10+)
  • Touch A Life Foundation (6-10)
  • New York Landmarks Conservancy (3-5)
  • Rockefeller Fund (3-5)

Awards

Two of my co-authored books have reached the New York Times best seller list. My work has also been featured on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, NPR's Fresh Air, the Leonard Lopate Show, MSNBC Live with Martin Bashir, CNNs Fareed Zakaria GPS, Charlie Rose Show, the OReilly Factor, CNNs The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer. It has also received outstanding reviews from the New York Review of Books, the Washington Post Book World, The American Prospect, and other publications. One of my books was chosen by Parade Magazine as a Parade Pick.

Other Work History

Prior to becoming a full-time writer, I worked as the Director of Exhibitions and chief curator at a midtown Manhattan gallery. Before that, I was the Director of Research at a Baltimore-based anti-poverty non-profit. I was chosen as a Dean's Scholar at New York University, and worked as a Research Scientist at the Taub Urban Research Center.

Foreign Language Skills

workable Spanish

Unions

Freelancers Union

Computer Skills

Word, Quark, Excel

Equipment

laptop, video camera, tape recorder

References

References available on request.

Book Writing

Jantsen's Gift chosen as Parade Pick
(Parade Magazine 8/14/2011)
Jantsen's Gift: A True Story of Grief, Rescue and Grace, which I co-authored with Pam Cope, was chosen as a Parade Pick by Parade Magazine.
review of Then They Came for Me, with Maziar Bahari
(Washington Post 8/11/2011)
Review of Then They Came for Me (RandomHouse 2011), which I co-authored with Newsweek journalist Maziar Bahari.

Magazine Samples

Placating the GOP base or protecting the workplace?
(Salon.com 7/27/2007)
This article explores the political motivation behind an immigration raid at a leather goods factory in New Bedford, MA.
How to Get to Gitmo
(Brooklyn Rail 6/8/2026)
After spending at week at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, I (comically) offer potential visitors advice on how to get there.
Degradation, Inc.
(New York Times Magazine 8/6/2006)
Videos that show homeless people harmed and humiliated are taking reality TV to a new, disturbing level.