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Life began at 30 when I started writing.

For me, it was the perfect time. After graduating from Yale College, I went to law school for the same reason many of my peers did. I didn't know what else to do. That and I didn't want to go to medical school. So law school seemed like the best and fastest way to ensure a prosperous life.

Unfortunately, things didn't work out so well.

There's no other way to put it. Law firms are nasty places filled with many miserable people. People who became lawyers for the same reason I did and found themselves trapped in a profession that didn't resemble anything they had seen on Ally McBeal or Boston Legal. No singing in the bathrooms. No senior partners with "mad cow." Just mad senior partners. And thousands of billable hours.

In the fall of 2006, I started working for the smartest senior partner in the world who knew everything about everything and who was never wrong. Ever. His infallibility rivaled that of the Pope's. Every day, he treated me and our secretary as if we were both mentally challenged. Because no one was smarter than him. Needless to say, working there sucked.

On October 24, 2007, I left that firm.

After a bit of soul searching, I decided to become a writer. I've always loved creative writing, but the lack of a regular biweekly paycheck kept me from following my dreams. But after nearly ten years in the law world, I was ready to do something I enjoyed.

When I met up with an old schoolmate, she flat out told me "it was impossible to make a living doing something you are passionate about." That and she clearly viewed the transition from lawyer to writer as a huge social and professional step down. So I had to prove her wrong. I began writing.

On October 23, 2008, exactly one year after I left the law, I landed an agent to represent Hello Kitty Must Die, my first satire. And the rest is still being written….