Bio
Photo credit: Meghan Hickey
I’m a Chicago writer, editor, and literary person-about-town with twelve years experience developing content for magazines, newsletters, brochures, and websites. In my professional life, I’m recognized for strong project management and entrepreneurial skills and the ability to create compelling copy for print and web.
I’ve worked in virtually every aspect of publishing—book publishing (University of Chicago Press, the National Restaurant Association); writing/editing/producing content for newspapers, magazines, and websites (Time Out Chicago, Poetry Foundation, Chicago Reader, Stop Smiling, Punk Planet, Make: A Chicago Literary Magazine, and The Chicagoan); and even working as an independent bookseller in Chicago and San Francisco.
Currently, I freelance as a writer, editor, content developer and occasional information architect for businesses and nonprofits, and have developed a reputation as a fastidious and creative producer of both internal content and external communications such as websites, newsletters, and brochures. Among these clients are the National Restaurant Association, Ancilla Systems Incorporated, Goldfish Marketing MC, Vosges Haut Chocolat, Windy City Wellness, Profero, Inc, and the American Library Association.
In 2007, I co-founded the literary site Literago.org, which was named one of Chicago Magazine’s “171 Great Chicago Websites,” and I’m often called on as a literary panelist, consultant, and judge for radio, TV, and web projects. I’m currently pursuing my MFA in fiction-writing at Northwestern University; my thesis is a novel that revolves around olfaction. I live in the Logan Square neighborhood with my husband, artist Rob Funderburk.