Professional Experience
I'm a veteran journalist, book author, and online magazine editor who's written about everything from parenting, to kids science, to celebrities, to craft, to the book industry. Seriously, I write—well—about almost anything.
Expertise
Book Author
20 Years
Editor
3 Years
Reporter
28 Years
Specialty
Books & Literature
5 Years
Entertainment
18 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
9 Years
Industries
Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
23 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
5 Years
Online/new media
3 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
28 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Working Mother magazine (10+), Publishers Weekly (6-10), UrbanFamily magazine (10+), Cricket/Cobblestone Group (10+)
Foreign Language Skills
French
Computer Skills
I use Word for Mac, and publish on 3 different online platforms: Blogger, Wordpress, and Squarespace
References
Carolyn Juris, Publishers Weekly
Johanna Arnone, Muse magazine
Jennifer Owens Sonnenschein, Working Mother
Awards
My first children's book, The Honeybee Man, was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Kirkus starred review, a National Science Teacher’s Association “Outstanding Book,” a Bank Street “Best Book of the Year,” a 2012 Cook Prize honoree, a Cornell University Agricultural Literacy Week 2013 and 2015 read-aloud pick, and a First Book.
Associations
SCBWI
