Editor
As an editor with over five years of experience editing for digital, print, and various businesses, I specialize in shaping compelling narratives that resonate with diverse audiences. As an editor at Atlas Obscura, I consistently edited top-performing, longform and shortform pieces on everything from local horror hosts to solving a medieval murder cold case, crossing a range of verticals from travel, science, culture, arts, food, nature, history, and more. At Atlas Obscura, I also launched the “She Was There” series, spotlighting female scholars and authors writing women back into history, and Atlas’s first-ever celebrity vertical “Secret Obsessions,” featuring as-told-to stories with Kesha, Patricia Arquette, Ken Burns, and many others.
My approach as an editor combines a passion for inclusivity with a dedication to editorial excellence, helping bring underrepresented voices and untold stories to light. My experience as a bestselling author and journalist further informs my editing style, allowing me to empathize with writers and offer constructive feedback that hones narrative while fostering a creative, collaborative relationship.
Selected Editing
for Atlas Obscura
Culture
From Elvira to Svengoolie, Local Horror Hosts’ Frightfully Fun History
To Banish Winter in This Tiny Wisconsin Town, Burn a Swiss Snowman
How Christmas Murder Mysteries Became a U.K. Holiday Tradition
The Alternative Groundhogs Vying for Punxsutawney Phil’s Weather Forecasting Job
Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?
The Dancing Snow God That Brings Blizzards to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Science
To Save America’s Native Bees, the Oregon Bee Project Is Mapping Every Single One
Ring the ‘Fish Doorbell’ To Help Fish Migrate in the Netherlands
How This Tiny Mexican Town Has Saved Their Monarch Butterflies—For Now
The Phantom Island That Haunted 16th-Century Newfoundland
In High Altitude Archaeology, One Woman Isn’t Scared of Heights—Or Mummies
Inside Canada’s Polar Bear Jail
Travel
Meet the Punk Rocker Building Life-Sized Paper Effigies for Malaysia’s Ghosts
Inside Kenya’s Women-Only Village Where Traditional Beaded Necklaces Are Symbols of Power
In India, These Trailblazing Female Stunt Bikers Rule the Road
Indian Relay May Just Be America’s Most Extreme Sport
Honoring the Thousands of Forgotten Souls Buried Beneath San Francisco
How Indian Perfumers Capture the Smell of Rain
History
To Pay Rent in Medieval England, Catch Some Eels
How a Medieval Murder Map Helped Solve a 700-Year-Old London Cold Case
The Female Architect Behind Buenos Aires’s Underground Necropolis
The Daring Desert Pilots That Inspired ‘The Little Prince’
Why Halloween’s ‘Poison Candy’ Myth Endures
In Colonial Williamsburg, Thieving Rats Save History