Ester Bloom is a writer of fiction and nonfiction and an editor of
the Billfold (an Awl network site). Her work appears in Slate, Salon,
Creative Nonfiction magazine, New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, Flavorwire, and the Toast (where she also writes the advice column Aunt Acid), among numerous other publications. The recipient of the 2014 Creative Non-Fiction Prize from Dogwood Literary, she has been interviewed on MSNBC, MTV.com, and by Geraldo Rivera.