I was one of the most celebrated chef in America, I've traded my knife in for a pen. Yet, I don't consider myself a writer, instead a storyteller in the best sense.

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I like big books, old and new. I am a big fan of historical fiction and legal thrillers but also of all kinds of genres.

I read junk fiction. And literature.

The unofficial litsy book club!

Author, DECEIT AND OTHER POSSIBILITIES, and forthcoming novels from Ballantine. Columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle. Mother of twin boys.

Out of Print + Litsy co-founder. I dig books.