About Me

I began my career as a reporter at Fortune and became an editor at Newsweek, where I worked with the opinion columnists and guest columnists and reported on anything that interested me, including personal finance, business, science and health.

I write opinion and cross political lines: My op-eds have run in The Wall Street Journal and The Albany Times-Union, my essays in Aeon, The Weekly Standard and The Los Angeles Review of Books. My reporting has appeared in The New York Times, Reuters, CNBC, and  Fortune.

My proudest achievements as an editor: Editing a digital roundtable on economic matters for Newsweek with contributions from world-famous economists and business leaders.

Half of the op-eds I have edited for The Op-Ed Project have appeared in major outlets, including the Los Angeles Times and Stat. 

Click here for my journalism portfolio.

You can see some of my thoughts on literary matters on my blog and in “Excerpts” on this site.  In addition, I keep a blog, Open Gently, at Psychology Today, which has surpassed 10 million hits.
 
I have received several awards for my journalism and a scholarship to the Breadloaf Writer’s Conference.
 
Are you thinking of self-publishing? My novel Morgan: The Wizard of Kew Gardens is available on Amazon I was an early pioneer in literary self-publishing. I also went the publishing house route, and have been represented by a top New York City literary agent for two novels. If my story can help you judge what to expect, just ask.
 
 
My favorite poets: W. H. Auden, Kay Ryan and John Donne.
 
My favorite novelists: William Trevor, John Updike, and Mark Twain.

 

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