Hi there,
Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by!
I'm Rachel Zarrow, a writer based in San Francisco (though I suppose I spend most of my time in my own head imagining what it's like in other people's heads).
I'm currently working on my first novel, the coming-of-age story of a female Abstract Expressionist painter set in New York City between the 1950s-70s.
I love the written word and also write nonfiction, screenplays, and to-do lists. My work has appeared online on The Atlantic and Bust as well as in print in The San Francisco Chronicle.
In past lives, I've worked as the creative director for a kombucha company, a summer camp art instructor, and a jewelry maker.
When I'm not working on my novel or teaching creative writing, I enjoy painting, reading on the couch with my dogs, cooking, and spending time outside.
Education:
MFA Creative Writing, UC Riverside Palm Desert 2019
BA Sociology, Minor Italian, Stanford University 2013
Writing
The San Francisco Chronicle
Book review: Spirits of San Francisco
Book review: At the Edge of the Haight
Book review: The Nature of Fragile Things
Book review: Vera
10 artists who shed light on mass incarceration
Exhibits convey incarcerated artists’ spirit: ‘No matter what I did … there’s beauty inside me’
Book review: The Arbornaut
Epiphany
Wild Zebras (Fiction)
The Atlantic
The Light-Bulb Eater Next Door