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Freelance Writer and Editor

Freelance writer and editor for local and national publications. Published articles have appeared in Newsweek, Salon, Metropolis, Garden Design, San Francisco magazine, Salon, Alternative Medicine, The Industry Standard, The San Francisco Examiner Sunday Magazine, Computing Made Easy, The San Francisco Examiner, Working Woman, Child, BabyCenter Online, Family Circle Computing, PC World, Home Office Computing, C|Net Online, SF Image. Corporate clients include The Gap, Pottery Barn, Banana Republic, SelfCare, and Silicon Graphics.

Rub-a-dub-dub, Baby In The Tub (Chronicle Books, 2000)

Columnist, San Francisco Examiner

9/96 to 8/99

Wrote monthly column "Designing Minds," for newspaper’s "Habitat" section.

Senior Editor, San Francisco Magazine*

7/96 to 6/98

Coordinated, assigned, edited, and wrote feature stories for leading monthly city magazine. Wrote display type and cover copy; participated in issue and story planning. Beat area: style.

[*Formerly San Francisco Focus Magazine]

2/95 to 7/96

3/89 to 11/94

Instrumental in launching bi-monthly San Francisco magazine; oversaw production from concept to bound issue, coordinating efforts of editorial, art, production, and ad staffs; wrote regular features; generated story ideas and assigned articles; hired and supervised freelancers and interns; oversaw cover photography.

2/92 to 11/94

Co-founded quarterly magazine for Bay Area parents; oversaw production; hired and managed editorial staff.

University of Paris, Sorbonne. French Literature, 10/82 to 6/83