Sharon Kurtzman holds an MFA in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a BS from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. At one time or another, she has been a food writer, an audience research analyst, copywriter, television ad sales person, publicist, the official escort to Danger Mouse at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and a judge at a Chicken Soup Cook-off. Sharon grew up in New Jersey and now calls the South home.