"People said: 'I can't believe you gave that up' or 'What happens if …?'" Saunders said. When Paul Saunders quit his job in management with a local Fortune 1000 company to sell luxury linens online, many thought he was crazy.
Kensler currently writes entertainment blog posts for Fox News. He has written and edited several pop culture and test prep books, and is the author of 'Newswriting: Unzipped' (Peterson's). Previously he worked as the Editorial Director at, and was the Deputy and Entertainment Editor at Star Magazine. Class of 1986Ĭhris Kensler is the Senior Entertainment Editor and Producer at. And, in her spare time, Newman tries to mentor younger female professionals starting out in the business. Also, she and Code Black star, Marcia Gay Harden, are in the beginning planning stages of a feature film project staring the actress. Looking towards the future, Molly Newman says she would love to get back into writing for cable shows where there is more freedom and less demand than with network television. Newman is currently a writer-producer for the show, Code Black, which airs Wednesday nights on CBS. From there, Newman wrote and produced for The Tracey Ulhman Show, and Tracey Takes On for which she won a 1997 Primetime Emmy Award, Frasier, Murphy Brown, and Brothers and Sisters. With an early success in theater under her belt, Molly Newman made a leap to the Silver Screen and began writing for the Larry Sanders show in 1993. It was nominated for a Tony Award in 1985. The musical, Quilters, performed at the Kennedy Center and on Broadway. Newman earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Denver, where she also launched her career as a playwright by adapting the book Quilters: Women and the Domestic Art to the stage. One teacher who had a particular influence on her craft was Middle School English teacher, John Gould.
She later graduated from Central High School, but to this day gives credit to Day School for her formative education. Newman attended Day School through the eighth grade when the school was still located on Sunset Avenue. Molly Newman is an Executive Producer for CBS's freshman drama, Code Black.