{"id":7571,"date":"2013-06-28T13:24:27","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T17:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2013-06-28T13:24:27","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T17:24:27","slug":"alumnas-first-novel-gets-nominated-for-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/alumnas-first-novel-gets-nominated-for-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumna&#8217;s First Novel Gets Nominated for Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/06\/thewaitingtree-r.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7572\" alt=\"thewaitingtree-r\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2013\/06\/thewaitingtree-r.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a>Lindsay Moynihan, \u201913, has always had a passion for storytelling and recently published her first novel called, <i>The Waiting Tree.<\/i> \u00a0The book is described to be in the young adult, contemporary and LGBT genres. It has been nominated for the coveted American Library Association\u2019s 2014 Rainbow List.<\/p>\n<p>Moynihan currently lives in Orlando, Florida where she volunteers with local LGBTQ organizations, and continues to write about the struggles and successes of today\u2019s young adults. She graduated from UCF with a bachelor\u2019s degree in psychology. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For a brief summary and more information about <i>The Waiting Tree<\/i>, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Waiting-Tree-Lindsay-Moynihan\/dp\/1477816348\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1372182130&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+waiting+tree\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lindsay Moynihan, \u201913, has always had a passion for storytelling and recently published her first novel called, The Waiting Tree. \u00a0The book is described to be in the young adult, contemporary and LGBT genres. 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Moynihan currently lives in Orlando, Florida where she [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":124,"featured_media":7572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[31,36,38,13,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-news","category-class-notes","category-breaking-news","category-news","category-psychology-departments"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alumna&#039;s First Novel Gets Nominated for Award - College of Sciences News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/alumnas-first-novel-gets-nominated-for-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alumna&#039;s First Novel Gets Nominated for Award - College of Sciences News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lindsay Moynihan, \u201913, has always had a passion for storytelling and recently published her first novel called, The Waiting Tree. \u00a0The book is described to be in the young adult, contemporary and LGBT genres. 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