TRISH MACENULTY, PhD
Author
Trish MacEnulty has a doctorate from the Creative Writing Program at the Florida State University. She has published two memoirs, several novels, and a short story collection. She taught creative writing and film studies as a full professor at the university level before retiring from full time teaching in 2021.
Trish is also a former addict, who has facilitated writing programs in jails, prison, juvenile facilities, and drug treatment centers.
From trauma to self-destructive behaviour, and beyond, MacEnulty uses the literary to navigate territories of suffering in her quest towards self-awareness. Hers is a journey pervaded by ‘dark clouds’ and ‘gloom’…while her writing seeks to articulate the chaos of life as she works towards accepting its flaws.
— Kate Burton “Shaping Personality Through Suffering”
in What Happened: Re-presenting Traumas, Uncovering Recoveries
Published Author
Writing & Recovery (2021)
The Hummingbird Kiss: My Life as an Addict in the 1970s (2021)
The Lullabye Motel (coming fall of 2021)
Howl, 2016!: Poems, Rants, and Essays about the Election (2017)
The Pink House, a novel (2016)
Wait Until Tomorrow: A Daughter's Memoir (2011, Pat MacEnulty)
Free At Last: 7 Spiritual Tools to Overcoming Addictions
Awards
Winner - Stage 32 Feature Screenplay Contest
Winner - 2 Florida Screenwriting Competitions
Finalist - Screencraft Screenplay Competition
Finalist - Richmond International Film Festival Screenplay Competition
Finalist - Creative World Awards & Big Break Pilot Competition