Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	artist, writer
Location	Maine, United States
Introduction	I'm an artist and a book junkie. I grew up in NYC and now live in Maine with my British husband and a dog called Scout. We have two children. I write fiction & review books for adults & teens. My literary agent is Eric Myers.
Interests	writing, reading, books, fiction, novels, young adult fiction, literary fiction, publishing, authors, bookstores, art, photography, photos, watercolors, painting, drawing, artists, museums, galleries, nature, wildlife, wildflowers, gardens, dogs, golden retrievers, hiking, country walks, cricket, swimming, the sea, the ocean, islands, museums, theater, acting, plays, Shakespeare, restaurants, pubs, travel, England, Japan, NYC, Nantucket, Maine, politics, education, environment, science, career and family
Favorite movies	Local Hero, Juno, The History Boys, The Matrix, Grosse Point Blank, Mean Girls, The Big Blue, Groundhog Day, Billy Elliot, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, A Room with a View, The Draughtman's Contract, Richard III, Ran, Romeo and Juliet, When Harry Met Sally, Bend it Like Beckham, The Devil Wears Prada, The Turning Point, The Year of Living Dangerously, Little Miss Sunshine, Lost in Translation, Being John Malkovich, In Bruges, The Lives of Others, The Red Balloon, The Black Stallion, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Harry Potter, Tampopo, Totoro
Favorite music	The Head and the Heart, Gregory Alan Isakov, Arctic Monkeys, Ingrid Michaelson, Shakey Graves, Natalie Merchant, Norah Jones, Regina Spektor, Lady Gaga, The Clash, Dire Straits, Grateful Dead, The Beatles, Michael Nyman, Bach, Chopin
Favorite books	Isabel Allende, Julia Alvarez, Dave Barry, Libba Bray, Cath Crowley, Gayle Forman, Amitav Ghosh, Allegra Goodman, John Green, James Harriot, Tracy Kidder, Lily King, Barbara Kingsolver, Jhumpa Lahiri, Stacey Lee, E. Lockehart, Melina Marchetta, Valerie Martin, David Mitchell, Toni Morrison, Haruki Murakami, Jandy Nelson, Ann Patchett, Ashley Hope Pérez, Annie Proulx, Laura Resau, Rainbow Rowell, Richard Russo, Leila Sales, David Sedaris, Vikram Seth, Dr. Seuss, William Shakespeare, Elizabeth Strout, Angie Thomas, Elizabeth Wein, E.B. White, P.G. Wodehouse