Experience

• Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing

  Author, Uncomfortably Numb: A Memoir

  Author of Uncomfortably Numb: A Memoir, to be published in the spring of 2020 by Wyatt-MacKenzie.

• Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing

  Author of Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears & Jazz in a Middle School Band Room

  Wrote Mr. Clark's Big Band: A Year of Laughter, Tears & Jazz in a Middle School Band Room (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, 2017), a narrative nonfiction account of a Massachusetts middle school jazz band from a small town overcoming grief with music and camaraderie while under the guidance of an unorthodox, big-hearted music director. Finalist for 2018 Forewords Indie Book of the Year Award (Education category) and bronze award winner in the 2018 Independent Publishers Book Awards (Education category). Book was featured in a number of publications including the Boston Globe.

• Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing

  Author of Mortified: A Novel About Oversharing

  My first novel, published by Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing, was a finalist for the 2013 ForeWord Magazine debut novel competition. (http://www.icontact-archive.com/s2qh3_mmqxmJvO4YEK6LU62SEB97eIYO?w=4)
  
  Joanna Weiss, Boston Globe columnist said it was: “A funny, empathetic novel . . . and her voice is irresistible.”
  
  Suzanne Strempek Shea, award-winning author, said, “Dig right into this very satisfying parfait of fiction.”
  
  Parenting author Jen Singer said: “. . . a thoroughly entertaining read. Put on a video for the kids and treat yourself to Mortified.”
  
  Book blog: mortifiedthebook.com
  
  Amazon listing: http://www.amazon.com/Mortified-A-Novel-about-Oversharing/dp/1939288037

• Notes from the Asylum

  Pop culture and politics blogger

  Meredith worked at Notes from the Asylum as a Pop culture and politics blogger

• Northeastern University

  Lecturer -- Journalism

  Meredith worked at Northeastern University as a Lecturer -- Journalism

• Northeastern University School of Journalism

  Writing Coach

  Meredith worked at Northeastern University School of Journalism as a Writing Coach

• Freelance editor/writer

  Writer

  Write about myriad topics including media criticism, politics, gender, and health. Work has been published in: Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Avalon Literary Review, Baltimore Sun, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, GateHouse Media, Hartford Courant, Huffington Post, Indianapolis Star, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, The Mighty, The Nation, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. Panelist at Bay Path University's 2017 Writers' Day, and at the League of Women Voters' 2017 media literacy forum.