Education:

BA, magna cum laude, Harvard University; MA, DMA, Columbia University

Publications include:

New York magazine, Newsday, The New Yorker, Salon, Slate, Los Angeles Times, Opera News, Icon, Travel + Leisure, eMusic.com

Awards and honors include:

Pulitzer Prize; Best Feature, Deadline Club Award; American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors; Publisher's Award, Newsday; Long Island Press Club Awards; Deems Taylor Award, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers; Distinguished Writing Award, American Society of News Editors