Mollie Hersh is a journalist based in New York City.

She previously served as the weeklies editor and reporter for the Darien Times and New Canaan Advertiser at Hearst Connecticut Media Group, where she earned awards for her breaking news reporting and feature stories.

As a freelance writer, her work has been featured in The Daily Beast, Teen Vogue, The Boston Globe and The Fifth Estate.

She holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, where she specialized in pop culture reporting and wrote a master’s thesis about giant animatronic bear puppets.

When she’s not writing (and sometimes when she is), you can usually find her at the movies or a Broadway show.