I grew up in New York in a dysfunctionally loving Jewish family. Nights could find my mother wrapping our television set in aluminum foil and poking holes in it so that when my father blasted Dark Side Of The Moon, it looked like a laser show. I have two older brothers. They are my best friends.

As a child I sang in the children's chorus at The New York City Opera and was on Broadway and stuff.

At fifteen I lost my virginity to an identical twin.

I worked in a nightclub called Wetlands when I was seventeen. They thought I was older.

After high school graduation I spent a year and a half studying jazz music at Bennington College. Summers I worked in The Farmer's Market in Union Square and at Virgin Records. At the Farmer's Market, I wore shorts and sold fruit. At Virgin, I wore roller skates and learned about the music business.

I took a year off from college and helped start a theatre group on the Lower East Side called The Collective Unconscious. It burned to the ground after I rapelled down the side of the building at midnight in lingerie and had my head bitten off by a monster.

Soon thereafter I enrolled in NYU's Gallatin where I majored in Classical Literature and Anthropology.

After that I traveled around the world when I wasn't bartending at The Spring Lounge -  the best corner bar in the world.

In 2003 I moved to Los Angeles.

A number of the short stories featured on this website have since been published.

I am a regular arts contributor for The Economist's online magazine, More Intelligent Life.

I was hand-picked by Jonathan Gold to write cocktail inspired pieces for the L.A. Weekly and their blog, Squid Ink.

In January 2008, my feature script, What Makes Her Tic, was considered for inclusion in the Sundance Writer’s Workshop. Jennifer Kelly is attached as producer.

In March, 2008, my television drama, The Foundry, was a semi-finalist in Slamdance’s original TV contest.

I am currently in development with producer Carrie Beck and Jennifer Kelly on a handful of projects.

I am about to release an album under the name Hot As Sun with Jamie Jackson.

I have a story in the seminal issue of Slake - a new quarterly out now from Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly.