PinnedA Publisher Bought My YA Novel Trilogy—Here’s Everything I Did WrongOn Friday, I sold not one book but three! I signed a contract with a publisher for my Emerson Page trilogy. This is an especially sweet…Feb 28, 2022A response icon36Feb 28, 2022A response icon36
Living in gratitude on my 5-year cancer journeyLast week I celebrated 5 years since the bilateral mastectomy that saved my life and removed any sign of cancer from my body. My friend…Nov 4Nov 4
The Zero-Waste Secret: How Orange Peels Became Luxury SilkEvery day, the global citrus industry produces mountains of waste: billions of tons of leftover peels and pulp from juice extraction. Most…Oct 20Oct 20
The Ghost Light Doesn’t Lie: The Secret History & Haunting of Carnegie HallI celebrated the incredible energy of Opening Night at Carnegie Hall last week, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that a few famous past…Oct 13Oct 13
“The Best Storytelling I’ve Ever Seen in NYC”: Why NYC’s Secrets & Lies is Your Perfect Night OutThe storytellers of NYC’s Secrets & Lies and I have spent the last month celebrating the secrets hidden beneath New York City — from the…Oct 6A response icon1Oct 6A response icon1
What a Corn Stalk’s DNA Taught Me About Solving the Climate CrisisThe urgent global challenge is feeding a rapidly growing population while fighting the uncertainty of climate change. As a storyteller and…Oct 4Oct 4
Head, Heart, and Hands: The Great Triumvirate of ChangeI just attended Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s Climate Week NYC talk at the American Museum of Natural History, and it was the most empowering…Sep 27Sep 27
The Climate Film Festival Storytelling CollectiveI’m really happy to have joined a new collective created by Climate Film Festival that’s bringing together sustainability professionals…Sep 22Sep 22
Remembering Robert Redford, an expert storyteller and nature allyI was saddened to hear about the passing of Robert Redford this morning. When I was an undergrad at the University of Pennsylvania, he came…Sep 16Sep 16
From Black Gold to Golden Opportunity: A Kentucky Coal Mine’s Bright New FutureOne of my great joys is to uncover stories about abandoned places sustainably retrofitted to get a new lease on life. This transformation…Sep 6Sep 6