Writer & Editor

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Sad and lovely writing.
— Dinty W. Moore, Editor-in-Chief, Brevity (commenting on La Pandémie)
I found this a captivating read. As we all deal with aging family, friends, and selves, these are just the kind of bonds, both tenuous and sturdy, that take on great meaning. I love the writing, what a light touch. And so moving.
— Sebastian Stuart, What Wasn’t I Thinking?—A Memoir of Rebellion, Madness and My Mother
I love this essay! It’s super helpful! Your writing is terrific, and your soul is generous
— Meg Sent
Kristen did an outstanding job writing the feature story for our alumni magazine. Her story was thorough and told in a way that kept the reader interested and engaged.”
— Dan Magazu, Director of Communications, Framingham State UniversityMauris
Winner of the TINY TRUTHS daily #cnftweet contest. Tweet published in Creative Nonfiction, Issue 71, Summer 2019, Let’s Talk About Sex 

Winner of the TINY TRUTHS daily #cnftweet contest. Tweet published in Creative Nonfiction, Issue 71, Summer 2019, Let’s Talk About Sex 

Hippocampus Magazine: La Pandémie

Boston in 100 Words Contest Winner

The New York Times: Solver Stories. All We Can Do Is Sudoku

Craft your Content: 8 Ways Submitting to ‘Modern Love’ Improved my Memoir

GrubWrites: 6 Reasons to Love the Memoir Incubator

Brevity’s Nonfiction Blog: Still Here

Framingham State University Magazine Alumni Magazine Spring 2021

 

To Have and to Hoard: How I Found Treasure in My Husband’s Trash

Everyone brings their stuff into a relationship. Ours just happened to be literal. 

I seek representation for my literary memoir. I’ve published several essays related to the book.

Creative Nonfiction, Out the Gate: https://creativenonfiction.org/writing/out-the-gate/

Headspace, A Day with Hoarding Disorder: https://www.headspace.com/blog/2017/09/06/hoarding-disorder/

Kristen writes beautifully, as I’ve observed while reading drafts of her sharp, funny, and moving memoir in progress.
— Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, recipient of the Prix France Inter-JDD
 

Writing Life Editor, Hippocampus Magazine and Books

Writing Life offers readers a peek at some of the infinitesimal ways writers live and work. [Tell me about your favorite notebook, your first published piece, or your struggle to find time to write.] [Make this a link that contains the guidelines below.]

 

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