Problem: Right after I wrote my first travel story for The Washington Post, my editor moved to the Health section and asked if I’d write for him there. Thing is, I knew NOTHING about health.

Solution: I brought my strong reporting skills to the Health section, where I wrote about everything from seasonal flu and tooth-whitening (two of my beats) to my own laparoscopic gall-bladder surgery, filing at least one story per week. I wrote a parenting column, then became the paper’s nutrition columnist. I co-founded The Checkup, one of the first consumer-health blogs published by a major U.S. newspaper. And I still sometimes wrote for the Travel and KidsPost sections!

I’ve been writing since I was a kid — and have written professionally my entire career. From The Washington Post Health, Travel, and KidsPost sections to the four picture books I’ve published with Random House, I’ve been making a living with words for, well, a very long time. It’s what I do.

Let’s chat about what I can write for you, your media outlet, your business, or your non-profit organization: please contact me so we can get the conversation started!

In the meantime, here’s my Washington Post review of Selma Blair’s 2021 memoir Mean Baby and a story about unusual New York City museums that I wrote for The Washington Post Travel section. Enjoy!