Career
She began her career creating one-of-a-kind gift baskets out of her home in Sag Harbor, Long Island when she was a single mother of two daughters, Ruby and Violet. After her business took off she opened a wholesale bakery in New York City that specialized in cookies. lieutenant became renown for its extensive variety of chocolate chip cookies.
She sold the bakery in 2006.
Retelling the devastating event uncovered many of her own travails as a child, wife, mother and entrepreneur. Mom, I Want To Speak to Marie Antoinette: A Story About Traumatic Brain Injury, Abuse, Death, Divorce, Love & Laughter was published in 2013.
lieutenant was agented by Dystel and Goderich Literary Management. She became a contributing writer to The Huffington Post in October 2013.
