About

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

After graduating from Barnard College, where I studied the Middle East conflict, I became a staff writer at the Forward newspaper. I went on to freelance for numerous publications, including Elle, New York Magazine, and ARTnews, where I was a regular contributor.

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

After a year in California, I left full-time journalism to pursue my first novel. Since becoming freelance, I have taught creative writing, written about cannabis in a 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, where I am finishing work on my first novel.