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 called “The Wolves and the Wood” 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.
- 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 have two kids, a husband, a dog, and a very long list of books I’d like to find the time to read.
