Where did you grow up, and how did this influence your writing?
I lived the first few years of my life on Long Island before my family moved to the finger lakes region of upstate New York. The contrast in lifestyle, from a busy suburb to a really rural countryside, was formative. I had and experienced things that I would later, after returning on my own to the NYC area, come to miss and belatedly appreciate. Simple stuff like good clean water and fresh air. The seemingly insane choice of living in a big city has definitely colored my take on matters of health and lifestyle.
When did you first start writing?
I've been writing about something since I was in grade school but I didn't really apply myself to a book project until 2009. I've been big on ideas and small on followthrough but writing about health and the like has been easier to zero in on.
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