When the Jewish Book Council asked me to write about "One Good Thing," I reflected on my research, my choice to set the novel in Italy, and how my main character, Lili, has inspired me in my own life. You can read the essay here.
When The Hollywood Reporter asked me to write an essay for the "Emmy Season - The Report" in its 6/3/2024 issue, I dove down memory lane to my teens, when the idea for We Were the Lucky Ones first hit my radar. Next I time-traveled to the conversation with Tommy Kail that launched the last…
Honored to review We Germans for the NYTimes Book Review, in the 8/30/20 issue devoted to World War II at 75. This does feel like an opportune moment to seek out "perspectives starkly different from our own."
“The Austin Adventures experience strikes a perfect balance between the familiar and the exotic, the planned and the impromptu, the challenge and the reward. Because what fun, really, is one without the other?"
“Explore an eye-popping frontier unchanged since the days of the Klondike Gold Rushers. Embark on a mystical trans-Himalayan trek, reliving the legend of the Second Buddha. Ride horseback across the Chilean/Argentinian border in the hoof prints of General José de San Martin’s Army of the Andes." The Explorer's Passage
“One of my favorite parts about our [Havasu Canyon] hikes was the water crossings. We wore mesh shoes and plodded through knee-deep water that cooled us from bottom up, a welcome reprieve from the canyon’s 105-degree heat."
"Matthew held our hands as we stepped into the wobbly dugout canoe he called a mokoro. I took my perch on a wooden plank at the front, my mother on one in the back. Matthew stood between us holding a long pole. Plunging one end into the muddy bank behind us, he pushed off into…
“You Know You’re a travelgirl If… you’ve smelled the breath of a hippopotamus…you’ve run off a mountain with a man and a parachute strapped to your back…you’ve been in a country where there are more sheep than humans.” View travel girl magazine submission here