Molly Holzschlag

Molly Holzschlag
Holzschlag in 2009
Born(1963-01-25)January 25, 1963
Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.[1]
DiedSeptember 5, 2023(2023-09-05) (aged 60)
Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupations
Notable workWrote or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including The Zen of CSS Design
SpouseRaymond Poore[2]
Awards
  • 2016, O'Reilly Web Platform Award
  • 2015, Net Award for Outstanding contribution
  • 1998, named one of the Webgrrls San Francisco chapter's Top 25 Women on the Web

Molly Miriam Esther Holzschlag[3] (January 25, 1963 – September 5, 2023) was an American author, lecturer and advocate of the Open Web. She wrote or co-authored 35 books on web design and open standards, including The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (co-authored with Dave Shea). She was nicknamed the "Fairy Godmother of the Web".[2]

  1. ^ "Angel Valley Funeral Home Obituary for Molly Holzschlag". October 4, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Dylan Smith (September 5, 2023). "Tucson's Molly Holzschlag, known as 'the fairy godmother of the web,' dead at 60". Tucson Sentinel. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
  3. ^ Molly Holzschlag (April 23, 2017). "molly.com blog archive". Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2011.