I was born in Chicago, went to college in Philadelphia, and moved to New York City after graduating with my degree in English literature. My entrée into medical communications was a happy accident. An advertisement in the New York Times led me to my first job at a publication for pharmacists, where my work friends were all liberal arts grads and my supervisor was a former philosophy professor! An in-house physician who ensured the accuracy of every word we wrote.
Medical writing provided me with a wonderful starting point for a career that has also encompassed feature writing and fiction. In between jobs I took a detour to earn my MA, also in English literature, and taught copywriting to design students for three years. Not a typical professional path, but one that’s led me to the work I enjoy most—making new information and ideas accessible to readers, talking to people who are passionate about what they do, and creating my own fictional worlds.
A little more about me...
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Libraries have always been an important part of my life, In fact, I owe my existence to one. My parents met in front of the library on their college campus!​
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​Every Saturday in the fall I join a multigenerational group of friends to play bocce in Central Park, a tradition we continued through the pandemic, when we had to remain at arm's length from one another.
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I'm a graduate of University of Pennsylvania (B.A. in English Literature) and Columbia University (M.A. in English Literature).
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Promoting literacy and access to affordable healthcare are among my core values; past volunteer work includes tutoring at the New York Public Library and providing hotline assistance at the Medicare Rights Center in NYC.
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I'm a proud member of the Mystery Writers of America and three-time judge of the Claypool Award presented by Killer Nashville.
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My feline muse-in-residence is Pirate Daisy, a calico cat who hails from Kentucky!
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Favorite authors include Kazuo Ishiguro, Mary Wesley, George Eliot, Ian McEwan, and Somerset Maugham.
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Recently completed a novel that explores the consequences of obsessive love on a seemingly ideal family.
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My favorite film is"The Lives of Others", written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Chaplin's "City Lights" is a close contender for second place.
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