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| birth_date = September 3, 1968<ref>[https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2006029539.html Dawn Eden Goldstein birthdate at the Library of Congress data service]</ref>
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| alma_mater = [[New York University]]; Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the [[Dominican House of Studies]];<ref name="FirstThings2015">{{cite web |url=https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2015/10/a-woman-in-the-seminary |title=A Woman in the Seminary |last=Eden |first=Dawn |date=October 25, 2015 |work=First Things |access-date=May 2, 2019 |quote=In 2014, after receiving my STL from Dominican House magna cum laude, I moved to Mundelein, where I am writing my STD dissertation on "Recent Magisterial Teaching on Redemptive Suffering" under the direction of Dr. Matthew Levering. This time, I do not just study at a seminary. I live here.}}</ref> [[University of St. Mary of the Lake]]
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'''Dawn Eden Goldstein'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Home page|url=http://dawneden.blogspot.com|website=The Dawn Patrol|publisher=Blogger|quote=The blog of author Dawn Eden Goldstein, S.T.D., aka Dawn Eden}}</ref> is an American author, theologian, canon lawyer, journalist, and songwriter. She was formerly a rock music historian and [[tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid newspaper]] headline writer. Prior to 2016, she wrote under the [[pen name]] Dawn Eden.
She is the grand-niece of poet [[Alma Denny]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Eden|first=Dawn|title=Alma Mattered: My Great-Aunt's Lessons for Literary Survival|url=http://www.dawneden.com/alma2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101143754/http://www.dawneden.com/alma2.html|archive-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref>
==Early career==
Goldstein began writing about rock music under the abbreviated name "Dawn Eden" in 1985 for [[Fanzine#Rock & roll music fanzines|fanzines]], eventually becoming a popular-music historian, writing for ''[[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo]]'', ''[[Salon.com|Salon]]'', ''[[New York Press]]'', and ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', among others. In 1989 she graduated from New York University with a degree in communications.<ref name=Pashman>{{cite news|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-woman-training-priests-met-20160505-story.html|last=Pashman|first=Manya Brachear|title=Woman blazes path to train Catholic priests|website=Chicago Tribune|date=May 7, 2016}}</ref>
From 1990 through the early 2000s, she wrote [[liner notes]] for more than seventy CD reissues.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dawn Eden Credits|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dawn-eden-mn0000814299/credits|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=January 14, 2014}}</ref> Artists she interviewed include [[Harry Nilsson]], [[Del Shannon]], and [[Lesley Gore]].<ref name=NYTimes>Molotkow, Alexandra (August 11, 2013). [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/magazine/she-told-herself-she-couldnt-die-because-she-had-to-write-his-story.html "She Told Herself She Couldn't Die Because She Had to Write His Story"]. ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''.</ref>
She spent years researching and championing the music and life of [[sunshine pop]] progenitor [[Curt Boettcher]] and wrote liner notes for several collections of his work.<ref name=NYTimes/>
==Religious conversion and subsequent career==
In 1999, Goldstein, born in a [[Reform Judaism|Reform Jewish]] household, had a [[Born again|"born-again"]] experience that led her to become a [[Protestantism|Protestant Christian]].<ref>Kimiadi, Melissa (November 28, 2012). [http://www.nycreligion.info/dawn-edens-lives-saints-victims-sexual-abuse/ "Dawn Eden's Lives of the Saints for victims of sexual abuse"]. ''A Journey Through NYC Religions''.</ref> In 2006, she was received into the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]].<ref>Eden, Dawn (February 27, 2009). [https://dawneden.blogspot.com/2009/02/remembering-francis-canavan-sj-1.html "UPDATED WITH MEMORIAL DETAILS: Remembering Francis Canavan S.J.—Part 1"]. The Dawn Patrol. [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]].</ref>
She worked as a copy editor at the ''[[New York Post]]'' from early 2002 to January 2005. A headline she wrote about a toilet-bowl collapse ("Hurt in line of doody") won first place in the "Brightest Headline" category of the 2004 New York State Associated Press Awards.<ref>[http://gawker.com/015147/department-of-corrections-howdy-doody "Department of Corrections: Howdy, Doody"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424061504/http://gawker.com/015147/department-of-corrections-howdy-doody |date=April 24, 2010 }}. [[Gawker]]. April 27, 2004.</ref> She was forced to leave the ''Post'' after edits she made to a story about in vitro fertilization revealed her pro-life sympathies. The firing led ''[[The New York Observer]]'' to publish a front-page profile of her by George Gurley, "Eden in Exile".<ref>Gurley, George. {{citation |url=http://nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage6.asp |title=Eden in Exile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050212032312/http://nyobserver.com/pages/frontpage6.asp |archive-date=February 12, 2005 |date=February 14, 2005 }}, ''[[The New York Observer]]''.</ref>
Goldstein was hired in April 2005 by the ''[[New York Daily News]]'' as assistant news editor of its newly relaunched National Edition.<ref name=GetReligion>{{cite web |url=http://www.getreligion.org/getreligion/2014/8/1/the-inky-fingered-dawn |title=The Inky-Fingered Dawn |last1=Eden |first1=Dawn |date=August 1, 2014 |website=GetReligion.org |access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> She later became deputy news editor for the newspaper's new weekly regional editions.<ref name=GetReligion/>
Goldstein left the ''Daily News'' in 2007 to move to Washington, D.C., where, in 2008, she was successfully treated for [[thyroid cancer]].<ref>Eden, Dawn (August 25, 2008). [https://dawneden.blogspot.com/2008/08/orientation-day.html "Orientation day"]. The Dawn Patrol. [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]].</ref>
In May 2010, she received an M.A. in theology from the [[Dominican House of Studies]] after defending her master's thesis, a critique of [[Christopher West]]'s presentation of [[Pope John Paul II]]'s [[theology of the body]]. Three months later, after [[Alice von Hildebrand]] cited Goldstein's research in her own critique of West,<ref>von Hildebrand, Alice. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100725153124/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/document.php?n=999 "Dietrich von Hildebrand, Catholic Philosopher, and Christopher West, Modern Enthusiast: Two Very Different Approaches to Love, Marriage and Sex"]. [[Catholic News Agency]]. Retrieved January 11, 2014.</ref> the [[Catholic News Agency]] made the thesis available for download.<ref>[https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/20530/dawn-eden-releases-free-copy-of-theology-of-the-body-thesis-on-cna "Dawn Eden releases free copy of Theology of the Body thesis on CNA"]. Catholic News Agency. August 10, 2010.</ref>
[[File:Dawn Eden by Ron Sartini.jpg|alt=Eden standing with her hands clasped, smiling|thumb|right|Goldstein during her theology studies in 2015]]
After receiving her [[Licentiate of Sacred Theology|sacred theology licentiate]] from the Dominican House of Studies in 2014,<ref name="FirstThings2015"/> Goldstein began working toward a [[Doctor of Sacred Theology|Doctor of Sacred Theology degree]] at the [[University of St. Mary of the Lake]].<ref name=GetReligion/>
In May 2016, Goldstein became the first woman in the University of St. Mary of the Lake's history to receive a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree.<ref name=Pashman/><ref>Eden, Dawn (May 7, 2016). [https://dawneden.blogspot.com/2016/05/from-now-on-its-always-doc-before-dawn.html "Dr. Dawn, What's that Hood that You've Got On?"]. The Dawn Patrol. [[Blogger (service)|Blogger]].</ref> Around this time, after years of writing under the name "Dawn Eden," she reclaimed her birth surname, as reported in the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''.<ref name=Pashman/>
From September 2017 to May 2019 she served as assistant professor of [[Dogmatic Theology]] at [[Holy Apostles College and Seminary]], in [[Cromwell, Connecticut]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://holyapostles.edu/faculty/dr-dawn-eden-goldstein/ |title=Holy Apostles faculty profile of Dr. Dawn Eden Goldstein |access-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501162040/https://holyapostles.edu/faculty/dr-dawn-eden-goldstein/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/DawnofMercy/status/1122942588376555521 Announcement by Goldstein that the position was terminated effective end of Spring 2019 semester]</ref>
In May 2023, Goldstein received a licentiate in canon law from the [[Catholic University of America School of Canon Law]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dawn Eden Goldstein |url=https://www.loyolapress.com/authors/dawn-eden-goldstein/ |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Loyola Press}}</ref> She appeared on [[CNN]]'s ''[[The Lead with Jake Tapper]]'' on May 8, 2025, to discuss the election of fellow [[canon lawyer]] [[Pope Leo XIV]] to the papacy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Dawn Eden |date=2025-05-08 |title=I speak on CNN on Pope Leo XIV's election |url=https://matterstwomey.substack.com/p/i-speak-on-cnn-on-pope-leo-xivs-election |access-date=2025-05-15 |website=Matters Twomey}}</ref>
==Books==
Her first book ''The Thrill of the Chaste'' was published by [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] in December 2006; she promoted it with appearances on the [[Eternal Word Television Network]] and NBC's [[Today (NBC program)|''Today Show'']].<ref>Eden, Dawn (March 2, 2008). [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23437024/ "The thrill of the chaste: In defense of sexless dating"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923090148/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23437024/ |date=September 23, 2009 }}. [[MSNBC]].</ref> ''The Thrill of the Chaste (Catholic Edition),'' a revised version of her 2006 work, was issued in January 2015 by [[Ave Maria Press]].<ref>[https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-558-0/The-Thrill-of-the-Chaste-Catholic-Edition/ ''The Thrill of the Chaste (Catholic Edition)'']. Ave Maria Press. Retrieved January 29, 2015.</ref>
Goldstein's second book, ''My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints,'' was published in April 2012 by Ave Maria Press.<ref>[https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-290-5/My-Peace-I-Give-You/ ''My Peace I Give You'']. Ave Maria Press. Retrieved January 11, 2014.</ref> In November 2012, on the [[Eternal Word Television Network]] television program ''The Journey Home'', she told the story of her conversion to the Catholic faith and spoke about healing from [[child sexual abuse|childhood sexual abuse]].<ref>Eden, Dawn (November 13, 2012). [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/feastofeden/2012/11/watch-now-my-interview-on-ewtns-the-journey-home/ "WATCH NOW: My interview on EWTN's 'The Journey Home'"]. [[Patheos]].</ref>
Her third book, ''Remembering God's Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories'', was published by Ave Maria Press in February 2016.<ref>[https://www.avemariapress.com/product/1-59471-636-6/Remembering-Gods-Mercy/ ''Remembering God's Mercy'' at Ave Maria Press]</ref> She discussed the book in an interview with [[Kathryn Jean Lopez]] at ''[[National Review]]''.<ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431193/remembering-gods-mercy-dawn-eden-interview Lopez, Kathryn Jean, "How Mercy Frees Us from Bad Memories," ''National Review'', February 12, 2016]</ref> The book won first place in the Inspirational category of the Association of Catholic Publishers 2017 Excellence in Publishing Awards.<ref>[http://www.catholicpublishers.org/news/346599/Models-of-Grace-Mercy-Faith-Primary-Focus-of-2017-Excellence-in-Publishing-Awards-Winners.htm Brown, Therese, "Models of Grace, Mercy, Faith Primary Focus of 2017 'Excellence in Publishing Awards' Winners,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707193018/http://www.catholicpublishers.org/news/346599/Models-of-Grace-Mercy-Faith-Primary-Focus-of-2017-Excellence-in-Publishing-Awards-Winners.htm |date=July 7, 2017 }} May 23, 2017, News & Press: ACP News</ref>
In March 2019 her fourth book, ''Sunday Will Never Be the Same: A Rock & Roll Journalist Opens Her Ears to God'', was published by [[Catholic Answers]]. It was the first book published under Goldstein's full birth name. The work recounts Goldstein's spiritual journey "from the temples of her childhood Judaism to the music clubs of [[Greenwich Village]], where she became an acolyte of a new religion: rock & roll".<ref>[https://shop.catholic.com/sunday-will-never-be-the-same-a-rock-and-roll-journalist-opens-her-ears-to-god/ Catholic Answers website]</ref> Thereafter the book chronicles Goldstein's eventual conversion to Roman Catholicism.<ref>[https://cruxnow.com/interviews/2019/04/18/jewish-rock-n-roll-journo-describes-her-path-into-the-church/ Camosy, Charles C., "Jewish rock-n-roll journo describes her path into the Church,"] [[Crux (online newspaper)|''Crux'']], April 18, 2019</ref> (The book's title, ''Sunday Will Never Be the Same'', alludes to [[Sunday Will Never Be the Same|a 1967 Top 10 hit]] by the pop group [[Spanky and Our Gang]].)
Goldstein's fifth book, ''Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor'', published by [[Orbis Books]] in November 2022, was a biography of Father [[Edward Dowling (priest)|Edward Dowling]], SJ.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=September 25, 2022 |title=Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor |url=https://orbisbooks.com/collections/new-titles-fall-2022/products/father-ed-the-life-of-bill-w-s-spiritual-sponsor?variant=41465001771203 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=[[Orbis Books]]}}</ref> [[Publishers Weekly]] called it "a powerful take on an often overlooked spiritual influence on [[Alcoholics Anonymous]]."<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 23, 2022 |title=Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781626984868 |access-date=September 25, 2022 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref> The book won a 2023 [[Christopher Award]] in the Books for Adults category.<ref>[https://thechristophersblog.org/2023/03/22/74th-annual-christopher-awards-for-books-tv-and-film-highlight-kindness-courage-and-faith/ Rossi, Tony, "74th Annual Christopher Awards for Books, TV, and Film Highlight Kindness, Courage, and Faith,"] The Christophers Blog, March 22, 2023</ref>
In July 2024, Goldstein announced in her online newsletter that she had entered into an agreement with [[University of Notre Dame Press]] to write another [[Jesuits|Jesuit]] biography, ''A Priest in Good Trouble: Father Louis J. Twomey, S.J.'s Battle for Human Dignity with [[Martin Luther King Jr.|MLK]] in the [[Deep South]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Goldstein |first=Dawn Eden |date=2024-07-25 |title=Dome sweet home |url=https://matterstwomey.substack.com/p/dome-sweet-home |access-date=2024-12-01 |website=Matters Twomey}}</ref>
[[Loyola Press]] published Goldstein's sixth book, ''The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times'', in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Sacred Heart |url=https://store.loyolapress.com/the-sacred-heart |access-date=2025-03-19 |website=Loyola Press |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Music==
Goldstein is a pop songwriter whose titles have been recorded by The Anderson Council,<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/12457707-The-Anderson-Council-Assorted-Colours "Girl on the Northern Line" by Dawn Eden on Anderson Council album ''Assorted Colors''], issued 2016</ref> [[Steve Wynn (musician)|Steve Wynn]] (of [[the Dream Syndicate]]),<ref>[https://theseconddisc.com/2020/08/28/make-it-up-to-you-steve-wynn-albums-and-rarities-collected-on-new-box-set-decade-due-in-october/ "Bait and Switch" by Dawn Eden and Steve Wynn on Steve Wynn rarities collection ''Decade''], issued October 2020</ref> and Juniper.<ref>[https://juniperssongs.bandcamp.com/track/alone-with-you "Alone With You" by Dawn Eden Goldstein and Peter Horvath on Juniper album ''She Steals Candy''], issued January 2023</ref>
The Anderson Council's recording of "Alone With You," which Goldstein co-wrote with the band's Peter Horvath, reached #1 on the Radio Indie Alliance Top 75 Songs for the week of May 1, 2023.<ref>[https://radioindiealliance.com/radio-indie-alliance-top-75-songs-week-may-1-2023 Radio Indie Alliance Top 75 Chart for May 1, 2023]</ref> Her song "Times on the Thames," recorded by the Anderson Council and likewise co-written by Horvath, was the most-played song on [[Steven Van Zandt|"Little Steven" Van Zandt's]] [[Sirius XM|SiriusXM]] show ''[[Underground Garage]]'' and its sister station ''The Coolest Songs in the World'' (a.k.a. ''Stevie's Coolest Songs'') during the week of May 27, 2023.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230527165941/https://xmplaylist.com/station/undergroundgarage/most-heard?subDays=7 ''Underground Garage'' playlist for the week of May 27, 2023]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230527165828/https://xmplaylist.com/station/steviescoolestsongs/most-heard?subDays=7 Stevie's Coolest Songs playlist for the week of May 27, 2023]</ref>
Goldstein has also released her own recordings, which are available on [[Bandcamp]].
==Bibliography==
===as Dawn Eden===
* {{cite book|title=The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On|date=2006|publisher=[[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]]|___location=Nashville, TN|isbn=084991311X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/thrillofchaste00eden}}
* {{cite book|title=My Peace I Give You: Healing Sexual Wounds with the Help of the Saints|date=2012|publisher=Ave Maria Press|___location=[[Notre Dame, IN]]|isbn=978-1594712906}}
* {{cite book|title=The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On|date=2015|publisher=Ave Maria Press|___location=Notre Dame, IN|isbn=978-1594715587|edition=Catholic}}
* {{cite book|title=Remembering God's Mercy: Redeem the Past and Free Yourself from Painful Memories|date=2016|publisher=Ave Maria Press|___location=Notre Dame, IN|isbn=978-1-59471-636-2}}
===as Dawn Eden Goldstein===
* {{cite book|title=Sunday Will Never Be the Same: A Rock and Roll Journalist Opens Her Ears to God|date=2019|publisher=Catholic Answers Press|___location=San Diego, CA|isbn=978-1683571193}}
* {{cite book|title=Father Ed: The Story of Bill W.'s Spiritual Sponsor|date=2022|publisher=Orbis Books|___location=Maryknoll, NY|isbn=978-1626984868}}
* {{cite book|title=The Sacred Heart: A Love for All Times|date=2025|publisher=Loyola Press|___location=Chicago, IL|isbn=978-0-8294-5874-9}}
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Blogspot|dawneden|Official page}}
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