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Specialty Subjects : Slice-of-life personal essays--sometimes humorous--that focus on family, growing up, nostalgia, aging, relationships, parenthood and more. My nostalgic memoir-in-progress takes readers back to 1970s Rockaway, New York, when I was a teenage girl with an unlikely dream: to be a drummer in a rock-n-roll band.

Enter your professional bio here : As an essayist and feature writer, my byline appears in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, The New York Daily News, Newsday, Ozy, Weekly Humorist, Narratively, Next Avenue, Next Tribe, The Manifest-Station, Purple Clover, and elsewhere. My nostalgic memoir-in-progress takes readers back to 1970s Rockaway, New York, when I was a teenage girl with an unlikely dream: to be a drummer in a rock-n-roll band. I also spent many years as an award-winning speechwriter, ghostwriter and custom content provider. A born-and-bred New Yorker who's lived in three of five boroughs, I'm happy to make my home in Manhattan and to be the mom of two delightful young adults.

Writing Credits : The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe Magazine, Salon, The New York Daily News, Newsday, Ozy, Weekly Humorist, Narratively, Next Avenue, Next Tribe, The Manifest-Station, Purple Clover, more.

Awards and Recognition : IABC Gold Quill Finalist - Feature Writing IABC Gold Quill Finalist - Writing: Marketing and Promotion IABC District 1 Silver Quill Award of Excellence - Speechwriting IABC District 1 Silver Quill Honorable Mention - Feature Writing NY/IABC ACE Award of Excellence - Marketing Literature Rx Club Show Award of Excellence International Davey Awards, Silver IABC Atlanta Golden Flame Bronze Award - Publications: Magazine

Skills (Select all that apply) : Essays, Feature writing, Speechwriting, Brochures, Content marketing, Editing, Web copy, White papers