A longtime editor at Los Angeles magazine, where she wrote celebrity profiles and lifestyle stories, and produced the food coverage for many years, she continues to freelance (More, Dwell, Smithsonian, and Los Angeles magazines, among others). She coaches writers in narrative nonfiction, especially memoirs and how-to books, and serves as an editor and ghostwriter from the proposal stage through to the completed manuscript. Mariel Hemingway thanked her in a forward to her 2013 book, Running With Nature.