Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	playwright/novelist/actress/art journalist
Location	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Introduction	Being half Portuguese & half Lebanese, I began my journey of petulance and precociousness in the suburbs of Montreal and Toronto. I thusly figured I'd turn out to be a nun, or an explorer. A few years at a Catholic school cured me of the first disease.
Interests	Mind-fucks, shit-disturbing, general debauchery
Favorite movies	Morvern Callar, The Motorcycle Diaries, Exotica, Monster's Ball, The Lives of Others, Match Point, Head-On, The New World, Last Night, Amores Perros, Closer, Osama, Irréversible, The English Patient, Girl With A Pearl Earring, Babel, Pride & Prejudice, Waydowntown, Before Sunrise, It Happened One Night, Amelie, Before Sunset, Y Tu Mama Tambien, Crash, Atonement
Favorite music	Portishead, Massive Attack, Bjork, Cat Power, Hawksley Workman, Metric, Adele, Editors, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, Mark Ronson, Broken Social Scene, Priya Thomas, Jeff Buckley, Princess Superstar, Nina Simone, A Perfect Circle,
Favorite books	Raymond & Hannah, Runaway: Diary of a Streetkid, Watermelon Row, The Way of The Whore, Lie With Me, May Not Appear Exactly As Shown, Dead Girls, Temptress, Courage My Love, Nine Parts of Desire, Two Moons In August, Tourism, Brass

You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?

Ha. Story of my life