I'm* currently producing puzzles and games at The New Yorker.
Previously, I was the editorial fellow at Audubon Magazine, where I fact-checked and reported stories on birds, science, and culture. I've also recently reported on garbage disposals, death cafés, periodical cicadas, and state flags for 99% Invisible and The Christian Science Monitor. My crosswords have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and Puzzmo.
I'm based in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Evanston, Illinois. I studied anthropology and music at Pomona College. When I'm not writing or puzzling, I might be playing sax, clarinet, melodica, or slide whistle, birding, or chopping up my farmer's market haul.
Check out more of my reporting and my indie crosswords. Get in touch over email or Bluesky!
📚 Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything by Colette Shade
🔊 Paradise by The Westerlies
📺 The Rehearsal (HBO)
🎙️ The Divided Dial (On The Media/WNYC)