Writing.

Creating community through words.

I am a writer.

I write to inspire people the way I have come alive by reading. I do this by writing about connection and the human experience as seen from my corner of the world.

I am currently shopping my debut novel, …AND SABRINA.

Here’s the pitch:

Two neurodivergent sisters are grieving their parents’ deaths when the wrong sister gets pregnant. Like WORRY, it’s a story of Jewish sisterhood with a South Florida setting. It’s filled with a cast of characters who carry a quirky straightforwardness audiences loved in CASSANDRA IN REVERSE, a Reese’s Book Club Pick. Following the dual-point-of-view of Sabrina and Kate as they navigate their inner circles, it’s a novel in which everyone matters and, similar to Emma Copley Eisenberg’s HOUSEMATES, each character is wrestling with how to live with themselves, each other, and in the world. Readers of Kevin Kwan will recognize its creative use of footnotes in fiction to tell the real story of underrepresented characters.

I also write book reviews and essay-length narrative non-fiction pieces.

I co-wrote UNCULTURED, which was recommended by the New York Times, earned starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, and nominated as a GoodReads Choice Award Best Memoir of the Year.

I was honored to be named as the 2024 Writer in Residence at the William N. Skirball Writers’ Center, Cuyahoga County Public Library. I focused on inspiring writers to understand their work through the lenses of community, craft, and commerce. 

As writers, I think there’s a misconception that writing is solitary. Based on what I’ve seen in journalism and publishing, I believe the opposite is true. Writing, and especially book publishing, is one of the most collaborative and intimate art forms. More than 50 hands touch every book to bring it to life, from agents to editors to publishers to designers to marketers to publicists to sales professionals to production artists to warehouse managers to delivery specialists to booksellers to librarians to reviewers to advance readers to family and friends to, you, the reader, alone with me, the writer, immersed in thoughts together. Each book is loved into life.

I write the way I published: by creating community.

If you’re also a writer, please connect with me — I want to celebrate your success.

If you’re a reader, please become a fan as I bring this work to the page.