Penny Wolfson

About the Author

Penny Wolfson won a National Magazine Award for the essay on which her book Moonrise: One Family, Genetic Identity, and Muscular Dystrophy was based. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Exceptional Parent, and Good Housekeeping, and is included in The Best American Essays 2002. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and lives with her family in Dobbs Ferry, New York.