About

I was born in Tokyo, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a father from Brooklyn who never recovered from the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles. Because my father was a U.S. Diplomat, I grew up in France and Switzerland before returning to the U.S. when I was about eleven years old.

I attended the somewhat posh Episcopalian St. Agnes School for Girls in Alexandria, Virginia, which prepared me well for the rigorous curriculum at Barnard College in New York, where I earned my B.A. in U.S. History.

For six years I worked as a journalist for some well-known networks - AP-Dow Jones, (Dow Jones's international news service) and CNBC Asia - to report from foreign countries like Japan, Indonesia and Italy. It was interesting and challenging work and I had the privilege of covering important events and interviewing fascinating people.

As much as I enjoyed being a journalist, I often dreamed of writing fiction, especially screenplays for films. A former journalist colleague told me that if you can write a screenplay, you can do anything. Personally, I think he's right. If you can tell an interesting story in the space of one and a half or two hours that makes people laugh or cry or gasp in horror, then you've done something amazing. In the fall of 1997, I moved to Los Angeles to attend the American Film Institute, where I learned how to write for the screen. I also met my fantastic cinematographer husband in grad school. He's from Norway and has a funny accent.

Currently I work as a freelance journalist and copywriter, and I write creatively on the side. My work has appeared in Vogue (Japan), The Asian Wall Street Journal, YogaMom magazine and other publications. When I'm not reporting, I write content for small businesses and creative professionals.