I’m a writer and editor with two kids, a lot of household disorder, many books, an elderly dog, lovely husband, and a sinking feeling that the word that best describes me right now is “harried.” My first book, a middle-grade fantasy, is forthcoming from Putnam’s – someday.
A short bio
I was born in Berkeley, California. To my surprise, I live in Berkeley, California. I did take some side trips along the way.
- I grew up in Tucson, Arizona, with detours to New Mexico.
- I went to Smith College in Massachusetts, where I studied Greek and Latin and also French (what the heck), and spent a junior year abroad in Paris that was very super amusant.
- I moved to San Francisco, where I got a job writing for a weekly paper called the Bay Guardian. I went to every cultural happening I could get comp tickets to. This was also super amusant – but also poverty-enhancing.
- I started working for technology magazines and then once on that slippery slope made the jump to web editorial work for companies like Netscape, Pets.com, and HP. This is what I still do. Ask me about enterprise software!
- I have an MFA in writing from the University of Arizona, a degree that involved a somewhat crazy departure from San Francisco to go back to Tucson for two years.
- I obsess about health, Proust, “The Wire,” “Breaking Bad,” how to write (how to plot!), whether George RR Martin can pull it off, whether there’s anything new to say about vampires, and how to keep deer out of the yard.
