Laurie Notaro — American Writer
Laurie Notaro is a #1 New York Times best-selling American writer. Notaro was raised in Phoenix, Arizona, and graduated from Arizona State University with a degree in Journalism. Notaro was a columnist for ten years at The Arizona Republic. In October of 2001, The Idiot Girls’ Action Adventure Club was picked up by Random House which resulted in eleven books. She is now with Simon & Schuster publishers with the Gallery imprint. Numerous articles, essays, and novels have followed. She currently lives in Eugene, Oregon with her husband... (wikipedia)
I majored in journalism at Arizona State University, where I began writing the columns I write now, but I cannot, in good conscience, refer to myself as a writer. I'm a columnist, maybe a journalist, I guess I'm an author, but writer... no. That's not up to me to call myself, that's rather lofty. It's for the reader to decide.
