Photo by Julia Nash
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AboutI am an author, journalist, and professor. My debut novel, Poison Girls, was published in September 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 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 live with my husband, Greg Stricharchuk, a writer and a former editor for the Chicago Tribune, and our two lovely dogs, Graycie and Molly in Syracuse, New York, where I teach reporting as an assistant professor 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.
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