I began to write as a child in Shaker Heights, OH, and never managed to put down my pen. At Columbia University, I studied creative writing and American studies. Now, I’m an MFA candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno and a director at West Wing Writers, a strategic communications firm.

Today, I live in Washington, DC, with an extraordinary community of friends. D.J. Rosenblum Becomes the G.O.A.T. will be my debut novel.

Fun Facts:

• My friends know me for my baking — especially challah and cookies. I’ve sent them across continents!

• For 20 years, I had the world’s most beautiful cat, a tuxedo named Kiara. (Really, she had me.)

• I’m obsessed with elephants. Today, I have a collection of more than 400 elephant objects and counting!

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