I grew up speaking two languages, balancing life on the edge of two cultures, and, happily, two cuisines—tandoori chicken and hot dogs, grilled side by side on the 4th of July. I got on a plane for the first time at two months, in Chicago, IL, where I was born, and have been traveling ever since. I grew up in San Francisco, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, and attended boarding school in London, England where I was voted “most likely to lead a literary revolution” due to my ability to get away with reading comic books in class. I attended UC Berkeley and Columbia University, while pursuing my passion for writing. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area with my husband, a professor of political science, two sons, and a cat who owns us.