About me

Gender	Female
Occupation	Writer
Location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Introduction	Author of the kids' book series ASTRO BABY, the PEN/America award-winning AGAINST MEMOIR, the tarot how-to MODERN TAROT; the dystopic memoir hybrid BLACK WAVE; the YA fantasy trilogy MERMAID IN CHELSEA CREEK, GIRL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA + CASTLE ON THE RIVER VISTULA; the memoir-in-essays HOW TO GROW UP; the illustrated novel RENT GIRL; the novel ROSE OF NO MAN'S LAND; the queer classic memoir VALENCIA; the goth teen memoir THE PASSIONATE MISTAKES AND INTRICATE CORRUPTION OF ONE GIRL IN AMERICA; the working-class memoir THE CHELSEA WHISTLE; the poetry collection THE BEAUTIFUL. Founder of the DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR sensation; the SISTER SPIT international performance tours; online parenting zine MUTHA MAGAZINE; the SISTER SPIT BOOKS series on City Lights Publishing and the AMETHYST EDITIONS series on The Feminist Press; and the Bay Area literary non-profit RADAR PRODUCTIONS.
Interests	thrifting, sale racks, tarot cards, books + zines, road trips, the occult, spas, sleeping, writing, obsessing, outer space, astrology, food adventures.
Favorite movies	Desperately Seeking Susan, Times Square, Blade Runner, Harold and Maude
Favorite music	The Kills, Gossip, David Bowie, T. Rex, Hole, Bikini Kill, Iggy Pop, The Modern Lovers, Stevie Nicks, Sonic Youth, Kanye, Bauhaus, The Smiths, Cardi B, Lizzo
Favorite books	Chelsea Girls by Eileen Myles. The Beautifully Worthless by Ali Liebegott. The Creamsickle by Rhiannon Argo. The Seas by Samantha Hunt. Here They Come by Yannick Murphy. Cruddy by Lynda Barry. Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill. Sub Rosa by Amber Dawn. Another Country by James Baldwin. Genet by Edmond White. The Thief's Journal by Jean Genet. La Batard by Violette LeDuc.

You get to ride the big roller coaster three times in a row. What will keep your dad from taking a bite out of your candy apple?

I don't have a dad this is a stupid question.