Author of Home Renovation (Barnes & Noble Basics, January 2004), a book that covers working with contractors, architects and other professionals, financing, building codes, and design and product ideas. Handled researching topics, writing text, suggesting art, and checking page proofs.

Author of Entertainment Architecture: Technology & Design (PBC International, 2001), a book profiling innovative examples of how architects and interior designers use lighting, building materials and interactive technology to attract and engage visitors. Worked with publisher, architects and designers; wrote text for each project featured; compiled a directory; wrote introduction and jacket copy.

Journalist for trade and consumer publications and Web sites. Responsibilities include interviewing business executives and other professionals and writing feature articles and supplements on various topics; working with editors, art directors, and public-relations representatives; attending trade shows, seminars and press events. Clients include Kitchen Portfolio, do! magazine, Spectrum, Holistic Living, Bride’s Guide, Retail Merchandiser, HFN: Home Furnishings News, Consumer Goods Technology, Gourmet Retailer, and Lebhar-Friedman’s Retail Intelligence Group.

Writer for Home Accents, a pull-out, color home decorating supplement of the New York Daily News. Came up with story ideas; interviewed authors, interior designers, retailers and suppliers of furniture, home textiles and home accessories; wrote all articles for the section; selected images for each issue; worked with special sections editor.

Writer and editor for corporations, not-for-for profit organizations, and public-relations agencies. Came up with story angles and marketing ideas; wrote brochures, news releases, media-kit materials and public-service announcements; edited written materials. Clients include the Task Force on City Owned Property, the Parodneck Foundation for Self-Help Housing and Community Development, Sure Fit Slipcovers, Herr Foods, Tultex and B&G Marketing. Placed stories in major New York City newspapers and TV and radio stations.

Education: Bachelor of Arts degree from New York University.