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Tonee Mae Moll is a queer & trans writer & educator who lives in Baltimore.

Tonee Mae holds a PhD in English from Morgan State University and an MFA in creative writing & publishing art from University of Baltimore. She is an assistant professor of English at a community college in Maryland, and teaches in MFA programs around the state.

Her debut memoir, Out of Step, won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award and the 2017 Non/Fiction Prize. It was also featured on the American Library Association’s annual list of notable LGBTQ+ books. It is available now from Ohio State University Press.

Her latest poetry collection, You Cannot Save Here, won the Jean Feldman Poetry Prize from Washington Writers’ Publishing House. It is available now.

Tonee Mae’s poetry has also received the Adele V. Holden award for creative excellence and the Bill Knott Poetry Prize. It has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of Net, and it is included in anthologies that have been finalists for both the Lammys and the Ignyte awards.

Tonee Mae is available for lectures, readings, and visits to your campus, classroom, workplace, or book club.

Email: tmaemoll@gmail.com
IG & Threads: @tmaemoll
Tumblr: tmaemoll.tumblr.com
Bluesky: maemoll.bsky.social