About Us

The Kinship Writers Association was founded in 2008 by Jessica Dainty Johns and Erin E. Moulton.  Jessica and Erin are cousins that hold MFA’s in creative Fiction and Writing for Children and Young Adults, respectively.

Erin and Jessica understand that writing can be a solitary undertaking, but they also know that there is a strong bond between writers practicing their craft. Throughout workshops and retreats, Erin and Jessica discovered the emotion and vitality of the writing community—the writing family— and so they set out to create a hub to nurture this family close to home.  This is it.  Please drop by anytime to see the new workshops and retreats.  We hope to see you soon.

 

Meet the kinship writers:

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica (Left) and Erin (Right)

Jessica Dainty Johns

Jessica Johns holds an MFA in Creative Writing in the genre of fiction from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has worked with such acclaimed authors as Hester Kaplan, Rachel Kadish, and AJ Verdelle. She was a 2005 winner of the Margaret Woodruff Award for creative writing and has fiction forthcoming in Fiction Weekly, an online lit. magazine located at www.fictionweekly.com. Jessica has taught at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education and is currently teaching an interdisciplinary course entitled Adaptation from Between the Lines for Lesley University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program. She lives, works, and writes in the greater Boston area.

Erin E. Moulton

Received her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College where she had the opportunity to study  with well-known authors; such as, Kathi Appelt, Cynthia Leitich Smith, Ellen Howard and Ron Koertge.  Erin’s first book, a Middle Grade novel entitled Maple T. Rittle and the Quest for a Miracle, is due out in 2011 from Philomel Books.  She is represented by Ammi-Joan Paquette of the Erin Murphy Literary Agency.  Erin lives, works, and writes in Southern NH and the Merrimack Valley. She is currently writing Middle Grade and Young Adult Fiction.

 

...Nurturing A Family of Writers

The Kinship Writers Association