My goal when I write is to make you laugh, cry, and help survive long flights when stuck middle seat in coach. 

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The adage in writing: write what you know. . . even if my subject unlikely for the classic nerdy kid and a top ranked New York girl chess player before entering Harvard. 

 

Afterwards, I discovered the outdoors and a world I hadn’t known existed growing up in suburb-iana – where sofa cushions wore thick zippered plastic covers (then covered with cloth remnants, as in what? to protect the plastic?).

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I hadn’t planned to become a North Atlantic shipwreck dive master and ice and rock climber (before indoor climbing walls, when less sport/more lifestyle). I'm not  a thrill seeker, but I was thrilled to discover experiences and emotions I had never imagined existed. It was why I started writing . . . as a way to share this with others.  

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I’ve been interviewed on front pages of major media like the New York Times and the Boston Globe, Emmy talkshows, NPR, and named Partner to the President’s Council on Physical Fitness. My writing has appeared in leading outdoor and climbing media, starting with my first article sent cold to Climbing. Three days later, the Managing Editor called to say it was accepted, and could I keep writing for him? Later, a feature article led to my first book, JFK's Secret Doctor.