Education

B.A.      St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY. Major: English. Dual Minors: Journalism and Secondary Education. Graduated first in class, 1995. Recipient by vote of faculty: Vincent McMullen Award for Achievement in English. Staff Writer,  St. John’s Today.

Publications

•   THE DENIM DIARIES: a memoir / Zest, Lerner Publishing - NOV 2023

•   FREAKY IN FRESNO / Blink, HarperCollins - JAN 2020

•   PRETTY IN PUNXSUTAWNEY / Blink, HarperCollins. - FEB 2019

•   ADRENALINE CRUSH / Farrar, Straus & Giroux + Square Fish MARCH 2016

•   LOVE AND VANDALISM / Sourcebooks Fire - MAY 2017

•   THE REAL PROM QUEENS OF WESTFIELD HIGH / Sourcebooks Fire - FEB 2014

•   BLAZE (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) / Sourcebooks Fire, FEB 2013

•   Debut Author Interview: Laurie Boyle Crompton, Author of BLAZE. Writer’s Digest 

•   My Life as a Makeup Artist / ALLURE magazine, Condé Nast, NYC, NY

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Professional Development

•   Upright Citizens Brigade, NYC / Sketchwriting 101-103. Studying comedy sketch writing under Geoff Garlock, Brandon Basshon, Erik Tanouye

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•   Upright Citizens Brigade, NYC / Improv 101-103. Studying long-form improvisational comedy under Doug Moe, Shannon O’Neill, etc..

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•   Robert McKee Story Seminar, NYU, NYC / 3 Day Intensive. Examining substance, structure, style and principles of story.

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•   SCBWI Metro New York Tuesday Professional Series, NYC, NY 

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•   Gotham Writers, NYC. Novel Writing, Workshop Intensive

Presentations / Teaching Experience 

•   Floral Park Memorial High School, Teen Writing Workshop, Floral Park, NY

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•   Body Image / Media Awareness Presentation, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

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•   Body Image / Media Awareness Presentation, SUNY Stony Brook

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•   Body Image / Media Awareness Presentation as a part of Weekend Team Building Workshop. Babylon Jr. Sr. High School, Babylon, NY

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•   Poster Presentation / National Eating Disorder Conference, Philadelphia, PA

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•   Holy Cross High School, Flushing, NY. 9th Grade English Composition 

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Experience

•   Full-time YA Author, Queens, NY. Appearing on Author Book Panels in and around NYC. Highlight: signing at BEA to crowd wrapped around booth and down the asile.

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June 1997-Feb 2013

•   Senior Editor / Market Focus: Toys, Season’s Greetings, trade publications, NYC

 

1997

•   Editor-Reporter / Health & Beauty Care Executive, NYC

 

1996

•   Executive Assistant / Grey Advertising, Public Relations department, NYC

 

1995

•   Make-up Artist-Cosmetics Counter Manager / Macy*s, Garden City, NY

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Interests

•   Writing, Publishing, Media, Movies, Body Image, Teen Culture, Travel, Hiking, Biking, NYC