Hello! My name is Elaine and I am 31-year-old writer from California, currently living in Brooklyn with my husband and our cat, Hamlet. Right now, after pursuing a life in academia for many years, I have decided to pursue my dream of writing fiction. I am studying Creative Writing at NYU's MFA program, where I am the Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow. In my free time, I love cooking, watching movies and traveling.

My first real job was tutoring at a company called the Irvine Education Academy when...