Journalism: My work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, The Globe & Mail (Canada), The Times- Picayune (New Orleans), The Oregonian, and Willamette Week, as well as in magazines including Details, Vogue, Publishers Weekly, and Portland Monthly.
Publishing: Tight Shot, my first novel, was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America. Its sequel, Hot Shot, was roundly ignored by everyone, but was a far better book. I'm also a member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Stage: I was a member of the Groundlings and Circle Repertory West in Los Angeles, and am a playwright (see "Stage" in the right-hand rail).
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There's been a lot of fuss in the last couple of days about Cuil, the latest Google-slayer in the search-engine business. Good luck to them, but I entered my own name and got this:
That's my biography, and my LinkedIn page, but the photo? I've never seen that guy before, and certainly not in the mirror. Sorry, Random Guy in a Tie.
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you are much better looking. Besides, that random tie dude looks like Matt Davis.
Posted by: Lizzy Caston | July 29, 2008 at 01:04 AM
I do like your new haircut, but the tie's gotta go.
Posted by: Jil | July 29, 2008 at 07:18 AM
Tried the same experiment. They do list my homepage, and quote some text, but the portly ranger in the accompanying image is definitely not me.
And the guy looks like a putz... maybe I should sue.
Posted by: Ranger Bob | July 29, 2008 at 09:16 AM
Joe Duck has an entertaining conspiracy theory about this - he ran a search for "computers" and got nothing. Although a commenter added that it may be because the servers are overwhelmed, and in my opinion, a little sullen. I searched "health and fitness blogs" - my niche on AlmostFit, and got nothing as well. ..
http://joeduck.com/2008/07/28/cuil-search-ah-ha-now-i-get-it/
Posted by: Metroknow | July 29, 2008 at 11:07 PM
Hey, Thats me???? It's an old work photo that was taken in 2006??? Not sure why its linked to you apart from the fact we've got the same name.
Posted by: Kevin Allman | September 12, 2011 at 08:01 AM