I’m a writer and author originally from North Carolina
My debut novel, In the Shadow of the Greenbrier, a multi-generational saga about a Jewish family living near the iconic Greenbrier resort in West Virginia, will be published in March 2024 by Putnam at Penguin Random House (pre-order HERE). For more about my journalism work and my nonfiction books, see here. I’ve taught writing at the University of North Carolina and the University of Hong Kong. I have a bachelors degree in English from Harvard University and a masters in applied linguistics from the University of Hong Kong.
When I’m not working, I like to hike, cook, garden, try new foods, and travel with my husband and two sons.
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