N. Francesca

About me

Gender Female
Industry Publishing
Occupation Author
Location Los Angeles
Introduction You're here reading about a nerdy, dorky girl who tried her best at being cool *after* high school and look where it landed me. It's taken personal shame, self-doubt, self-absorption and reckless irresponsibility to wise up.
Interests F-o-o-d, really-really-really long-distance running, Bangarah, Juxtaposition, www.eggradio.com, Edification, Typing my fingertips into puttied Kilimanjaro's, Marbella in July, Italia in October, Tunisia by Hydrofoil, Piano by Ear, Linguistics, Listening For The Sake of Learning.
Favorite Movies Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, 16 BLOCKS, Deep Cover, The Big Lebowski, Mostly Martha, La Dolce Vita, Goonies, Maltese Falcon, The Sting, Office Space, Caddyshack, Apocalypse Now, Unbreakable, Deja Vu.
Favorite Music Charles Trenet, Soundtrack from The Red Violin, Cake, Sting, Franz Ferdinand, John Barry, Etta James, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Bing Crosby, Nik Freitas, Jamie Cullum, Roofus Wainwright, Mia Doi Todd, Zero 7, Nouvelle Vague, Ben Folds, Guitar Shorty, Unkle, Echo &; The Bunnymen, Idaho, Mazzy Star, Christopher Cross, Beastie Boys, Jeff Buckley, The Beta Band, Iggy Pop, The Clash, Jack Johnson, The Constantines, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Billy Holiday, Ithacapella, Premium Blend, Egozim, Sam Cooke, BECK, Bach, Brahms, Outkast, NIN.
Favorite Books The Count of Monte Cristo, Stranger In A Strange Land, Enders Game, Enders Shadow, Negotiating With The Dead: A Writer on Writing, The Fountainhead, What Einstein Told His Barber, Riki-Tiki-Tembo, The Other Boleyn Girl, Things Snowball, The Pianist, Fabric of The Cosmos. The Pleasure of Finding Things Out, ...Anecdotal, The Da Vinci Code cadence, The Map That Changed The World, Year of The Genome, The Tipping Point, The Elegant Universe, Blink, Night, Deadly Feasts.

When you spilled the milk, did it look like the moon?

I saw Antarctica.