I am a beer, wine, spirits, and sake expert with an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in the City of New York.

Areas of expertise:

Full range of product, marketing, and social media and press release copy, including development of unique brand voice. All copy on this website is mine.

• VERVET Sparkling Craft Cocktails

In-depth, researched Features about the beer, wine, spirits, and sake industries

• SevenFifty Daily
• PUNCH

Essays on drinking and the drinks business

• Drinking Brought me to Writing, Writing Taught me to Drink, Literary Hub
• Nita Nita: The Life and Death of a Neighborhood Bar, Serious Eats

Roundups on Los Angeles nightlife, international foods, and cool luxury goods:

• LA Nightlife Coverage at Discover Los Angeles
• Los Angeles Food and Nightlife Coverage at SIXTY
• Food and Booze Obsessions at PASTE
• Product Roundups at Men’s Journal

Book Reviews:

• Review of Karate Chop, KGB Bar Lit
• Review of Blinding, Vol. 1, KGB Bar Lit

Book:

Movers & Shakers: Women Making Waves in Spirits, Beer, and Wine
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Fiction:

• “The Load” The Stinging Fly, Spring 2015
• “Trouble” Blunderbuss, April 2014
• “Bolero” New Millennium Writings (Short-short fiction contest winner, Spring 2011)