Molly Dektar

Molly Dektar is the author of two novels: The Absolutes (Mariner Books, 2023) and The Ash Family (Simon & Schuster, 2019). Her short stories have been published in Best American Short Stories 2024 (Mariner Books), the Yale Review, n+1, Fence, the Harvard Review, the Rumpus, and the Sewanee Review, among others. The recipient of the Dakin Fellowship from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference and a residency from the Hawthornden Foundation, she is from North Carolina and lives in Queens, NY. (Updated 04/2026)