She is the author of Hidden Writer: Diaries & the Creative Life, which won the PEN/Jerard Fund Award for nonfiction. Her writing has appeared in many national publications including The New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, & The Nation. She currently teaches memoir writing & creative nonfiction at Wellesley College & the Harvard Extension School, where she won the James E. Conway award for distinguished teacher of writing. She lives near Boston.