Just on my way to Trader Joe’s…
Born in Chicago, raised in the suburbs of Detroit, served time in Portland (Oregon), DC and NYC, but now living the life of a showgirl in Las Vegas with frequent jaunts to LA.
Author of two novels, both published by Simon & Schuster. Adapted second book for the screen. Co-creating and writing a dark comedy scripted series inspired by my own sobriety. Executive Producer for America’s Next Great Author. Previously EP for the Why Fathers Cry podcast from #1 New York Times best-selling author and Emmy® Award-winning producer Kwame Alexander. Mortified performer and producer. Back Fence PDX storyteller. More deets at Grace Pointe Productions.
Contributor of essays, short fiction, and feature articles for several publications and anthologies, including Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves and Drawing Lines: An Anthology of Women Cartoonist.
Writing by Writers Mill House Residency recipient. Lead instructor and co-facilitator for creative writing, fiction, and memoir classes at Gotham Writers Workshop, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Cape Cod Writers’ Workshop, and the Chautauqua Institution.
Celebrity crushing on Pedro Pascal, Tina Fey, Kerry Washington, Ira Glass, Tim Gunn, and Padma Lakshmi.
Lover of Halloween, infomercials, drugstores, things with owls on them, and dogs. All dogs. Proud dog mom of my rescue pup, Gilda Radner, a blue-eyed Corgi-Terrier mix.
Foes include cottage cheese, humidity, riding in the back seat, and bare feet.
Guilty pleasures roll call: Sanders Bumpy Cake, Vernors, Utz's Cheese Curls, KFC Mashed Potatoes & Gravy. Not necessarily at the same time.
Fan of staccato sentences. Your new best friend.