M. Molly Backes
M. Molly Backes has been named publications coordinator in the Office of Institutional Affairs. She joined the staff Oct. 21. In her new position, Backes will be writing for and editing various publications produced for the law school.
Backes is the author of the young adult novel The Princesses of Iowa (Candlewick, 2012), and teaches creative writing classes to teens and adults. She comes to John Marshall from StoryStudio Chicago, a writing center on Chicago’s north side, where she spent the last five years as the assistant director and head of marketing.
Before coming to Chicago, Backes spent four years teaching 7th and 8th grade English in a struggling rural New Mexico school. Originally from Wisconsin, she graduated with degrees in English Literature and Education from Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. She lives in Rogers Park with her retired racing greyhound.
