I am a New York-based reporter at Bloomberg News. Now a Brooklyn transplant, I was born on a blueberry farm in Maine and am an alumna of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, from which I graduated with a Master of Science in magazine writing and new media skills, and Boston College.
I was named after the main character of J.D. Salinger’s short story, “For Esmé – with Love and Squalor,” that later became one of Nine Stories. It was first published in The New Yorker in 1950, and can be viewed here. It begins: “Just recently, by air mail, I received an invitation to a wedding that will take place in England on April 18th.” My birthday is April 18th. My parents claim they weren’t aware of this coincidence. I am skeptical.