I have an essay in Alta Magazine about how much I loved Kings Quest and other Sierra computer games when I was a kid. For a while I wanted to be a video game designer, but relatives scared me away…
Last February, I was lucky enough to spend two weeks at Hedgebrook, an all-women writing residency in Washington. It was a truly wonderful experience. I got so much work done while staying in this magical cottage. They even fed me!…
Last year I had the opportunity to retrace John Steinbeck’s journey on his boat Western Flyer to Baja, Mexico. He and his best friend, marine biologist Ed Ricketts, collected specimens in one of the most biologically diverse oceans in the…
2023 was one of the worst years of my life (not the worst–that was 8th grade) and yet lots of good things still happened this year. Maybe it was the most dramatic year of my life, since every day seemed…
I’m honored to be a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2023 Excellence in Journalism Award for my article in Alta Magazine, Look Out or You’ll Be Poisoned, about a murder mystery surrounding a poisoned marshmallow. You can read…
This November, I was blessed to spend five dreamy days in upstate New York at a residency at the Spruceton Inn. It was very productive, much-needed break after a crazy year. Thank you Casey Scieszka for having me.
I’m thrilled to share my first piece for The New Yorker. It’s about the Beat poet Lenore Kandel, whose erotic poetry collection, The Love Book, led to San Francisco’s last and longest obscenity trial. Read more about this story of…
My article on Anais Nin for Alta Magazine is now online! For decades, Anaïs Nin was married to two different men on separate coasts of the United States. Neither man knew about the other. She called this complicated situation her…
I have a short story up at Marrow Magazine titled JACK AND THE CANDLESTICK. It’s about a ghost stuck in a candlestick, a medieval executioner, and a peasant girl. There’s also an interview with me about the story that you…
RIP to my dad, Rudolf Lanzendorfer (1939-2023). My dad passed away this weekend from complications with cancer. It’s a very surreal feeling. I was/am a Daddy’s girl and we were very close. My dad was born in San Francisco in…