

I'm a book critic for The San Francisco Chronicle and People Magazine. My essay, HIgh Infidelity, has been optioned for film. I was a 2013 finalist in the Sundance Screenwriting Lab and a finalist in the Nickelodeon Screenwriting Fellowship, four of my novels were optioned for screen, and I talked my way into writing the script for two of them. I'm the recipient of a New York Foundation of the Arts Grant in Fiction.

I'm also the New York Times bestselling author of PICTURES OF YOU, a San Francisco Chronicle Lit Pick, a Costco "Pennie's Pick." a NAIBA bestseller and on the Best Books of 2011 List from San Francisco Chronicle, Providence Journal, Kirkus Reviews and Bookmarks Magazine. My 11th novel CRUEL BEAUTIFUL WORLD is an Indie Next Pick. Stay tuned, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU, my 12th novel is coming Augfrom Algonquin.
