About

I began my career as a journalist in New York City.

In 1998, after graduating from Barnard College, I became a staff reporter at the Forward newspaper. I went on to freelance for national publications, including Elle, New York Magazine, and ARTnews, where I was a regular contributor.

In 2006, while living in Brooklyn, I joined forces with SeeThink Films to produce Alice Neel, an award-winning documentary about the eponymous New York painter. After completing the film, I returned to print journalism—and to the Forward—becoming the Jewish newspaper’s first L.A. correspondent.

Two years later, I left full-time journalism to devote more time to my first novel. Since then, I have taught creative writing workshops, written about cannabis in the Jewish context, and edited a wide range of novels, memoirs, and essay collections.

I earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Bennington College, and have been awarded residencies for my novel-in-progress at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) and the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts.

I currently live in Los Angeles, Calif., where I continue to work on my novel.