Corbyn Hightower

Roseville, CA USA

Professional Experience

Popular essayist and online personality, writing about the recession, mothering, creativity, nature, etc. all with a bittersweet, poetic edge and an eye for the beauty buried in ugliness. Memoir in publishing stage. Blog reaches thousands of readers per week. Klout score of 67-69.

Total Media Industry Experience

5 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Yes! Magazine (1-2), Huffington Post (3-5), More Magazine (1-2), New York Times (3-5)

Equipment

Easily accessible writer, responsive, working with any preferred word-processing programs.

References

Lisa Belkin, Huffington Post Barney Karpfinger, Karpfinger Agency

General

A Throat-Clearing Night

(NY Times 6/15/2011)

A highly-personal autobiographical essay about child abuse.

My Husband Had a Vasectomy, and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt

(Huffington Post 5/21/2012)

Funny, poignant, extremely popular piece I wrote for Huffington Post about the surprising emotional consequences of my husband's vasectomy.