I am an author and writer from Minnesota, living in Los Angeles. I am the author of the memoirs Never Have I Ever and Would You Rather?, as well as the novels Dear Emma and Public Relations, and the YA novels Girl Crushed and The Year I Stopped Trying. I have written for The Cut, the New York Times, Cosmopolitan, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, and more.
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The Year I Stopped Trying
A young adult novel
Mary is having an existential crisis. She’s a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. In a starred review, the School Library Journal called The Year I Stopped Trying “a must for all collections.”
Girl Crushed
A young adult novel
Leah on the Offbeat meets We Are Okay in this pitch-perfect queer romance about falling in love — and never quite falling out of it — that Kirkus called “fresh and charming.”
Would You Rather?
A memoir of growing up and coming out
A collection of poignant, relatable essays from the author of Never Have I Ever about coming out in her late twenties, entering into her first relationship, and figuring out what it means to be an adult.
Public Relations
with Arianna Rebolini
A smart and charming romantic comedy about a popstar and the publicist pulling his strings that Kirkus calls a “Cinderella for the modern age.”
Dear Emma
A novel
Harriet, the author of her college newspaper’s pseudonymous student advice column “Dear Emma,” is great at telling others what to do, dispensing wisdom for the lovelorn and lonely on her Midwestern campus. Somehow, though, she can’t take her own advice.
Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) Without a Date
A memoir
Funny, relatable, and inspiring, this is a memoir for anyone who has ever struggled to find love, but has also had a lot of fun in the process.
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REPORTED FEATURES
Girl Power Gets Sober, The Cut
The Memory War, The Cut
There’s No Escaping the 5 Love Languages, The Cut
The History of the Work Spouse, The Cut
Can The Next Generation Of Morticians Breathe Life Into The Death Industry?, BuzzFeed
Sea Hunt: Finding Sunken Treasure With The Great Lakes' Legendary Shipwreck Hunters, BuzzFeed
PROFILES
Becca Tilley Gets Her Rose, The Cut
Abbi Jacobson Knows the Pressure is On, The Cut
The Would-Be Saviors of Orange County, The Cut
Curious About Cara Delevingne’s Sex Toys?, Cosmopolitan (cover story)
How Elin Hilderbrand Became "The Queen Of Beach Reads," The Cut
ESSAYS
The Clock-Out Cure, The Cut
As A Queer Woman, I Can't Afford To Be Ambivalent About Motherhood, BuzzFeed
Modern Love: Am I Gay or Straight? Maybe This Fun Quiz Will Tell Me, New York Times
How I Got the Fear of Flying Scared Out of Me, BuzzFeed
UFOs
So You’ve Decided You Care About Aliens, The Cut
My Favorite Hot UFOlogist Has a New Documentary, The Cut
Meet the Croppies, Pacific Standard