Marie's Tree

Tom Molanphy's journalism has appeared in 48 Hills, USA Today Travel.com, The Frisc, Earth Island Journal, and The San Francisco Chronicle, among other publications. His work as a 2022 USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Data Fellow led to a 2023 1st Place Award in Environmental Reporting from the California News Publishers Association. His essay "The Road Less: John Huston, Blue-Footed Boobies and Me" earned a 2017 Bay Area Travel Writers award, and his short story "Of Subareas and Public Bathrooms" was included in the California Prose Directory. His last book was a memoir, "Loud Memories Of A Quiet Life." He is a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and teaches journalism, composition, creative writing and art/design appreciation classes at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.