Photo by Julia Nash
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AboutI am an author, journalist, and professor. My debut novel, Poison Girls, was published in 2017. The novel explores the intersection of drugs, wealth, politics and race when dozens of daughters from politically connected families die mysteriously from a strand of street heroin. My nonfiction book, Unveiled:The Hidden Lives of Nuns, explored the culture of the convent and why young, smart women choose to give up sex, money and men. I've been a staff reporter and editor at a number of newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Sun-Times. I have an MFA in fiction writing from Northwestern University. I have taught writing and journalism in a number of universities, most recently at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Communication. From the 2016- 2017, I was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in Kyiv, Ukraine teaching investigative reporting and immersion journalism. I currently live in Kyiv with my husband, Greg Stricharchuk, a writer and a former editor for the Chicago Tribune, who is now a Fulbright Scholar. Meanwhile I'm studying intensive Russian, trying to write my next novel, and having adventures.
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