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I began my career as an editor for a small publishing company after graduating with a BFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Emerson College in Boston. A number of years later I found a home at the Advocate/Weekly Newspapers, a chain of Tribune-owned alternative newsweeklies in the northeast. There, I became familiar with Web design and helped to create Inside Out and Provincetown Guide, two popular Web sites geared toward the GLBT community in that region. From 1997-2001, I wrote one of the first online and interactive gay soap operas on the Internet, Gays Of Our Lives. Through over 170 episodes, Gays Of Our Lives took readers on a raucous gay ride with a group of dysfunctional queers and one accident-prone dog. The majority of credit for my success is owed to the popularity of my first and highly controversial column, From Hell to Breakfast, which was published in print and online from 2000-2002 and earned me regional acclaim. In April of 2001, I was voted “Best Columnist” and “Best Writer/Reporter” in both the Fairfield County Weekly’s and Westchester County Weekly’s Annual Readers’ Polls. And in April of 2003, I was voted 2nd “Best Resident Celebrity” in the Fairfield County Weekly’s Readers’ Poll. In addition to helping make me one of the most vocal and respected lesbian journalists in the northeast, From Hell to Breakfast spawned my first book of essays, Sex, Lies and Stereotypes: An Unconventional Life Uncensored (Kensington Books, 2003). Sex, Lies and Stereotypes was praised nationally by critics -- among them, Out, the nation's largest gay and lesbian magazine. In December of 2003, Out honored me for my literary debut in its annual Out 100 issue. I was featured as a “break-out” honoree and joined the ranks of best-selling authors Augusten Burroughs and Clive Barker, each recognized by Out in the past for embracing their identities and positively influencing the way society views the GLBT community. In the summer of 2003, my conversational style and honest delivery earned me praise at Viacom International's Food For Thought Series in New York City. And in the winter of 2004, I was featured on Public Radio International's OutRight Radio Series 2004, Telling the Extraordinary Stories of America's Gays and Lesbians. From 2005-08, I wrote for MTV Networks/Logo’s AfterEllen.com. My column, Don’t Quote Me, used quotes from various celebrities and personalities to analyze the ways in which gay and lesbian characters and individuals were regarded and portrayed in the media. Today, I write daily at my blog Pimp My Wry with fellow writer Elizabeth Hilts, author of Every Freaking Day! With Rachell Ray: An Unauthorized Parody and the best-selling "Inner Bitch” series of books. In addition to writing my own book, I have contributed to two others: Legacies, an anthology for college literature and composition courses, and Reading The L Word, a book that takes a provocative look at the controversial lesbian hit TV show. Reading The L Word is the latest in a line of books edited by Kim Akass and Janet McCabe (Reading Six Feet Under and Reading Sex In the City). My writing has also appeared in national and regional magazines and newspapers, and my essays have been distributed through AlterNet.org, a syndication service providing stimulating content to approximately 150 clients, including weekly newspapers, magazines, web sites, radio stations and think tanks. As a result of the above exposure, I am closely watched by Conservatives, Evangelical Christians, and other uptight types. And that, I think, is a great reason to comb my hair every morning. © 2009 Kim Ficerahttp://www.emerson.eduhttp://www.newmassmedia.com/books.htmlbooks.htmlhttp://www.out.com/http://www.afterellen.comBlog/Archive.htmlhttp://www.pimpmywry.comhttp://www.everyfreakingday.com/http://www.everyfreakingday.com/http://www.newtexts.com/newtexts/book.cfm?book_id=2958http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1845111796/qid=1127326363/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1653746-4448804?v=glance&s=bookshttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1845111796/qid=1127326363/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-1653746-4448804?v=glance&s=booksshapeimage_4_link_0shapeimage_4_link_1shapeimage_4_link_2shapeimage_4_link_3shapeimage_4_link_4shapeimage_4_link_5shapeimage_4_link_6shapeimage_4_link_7shapeimage_4_link_8shapeimage_4_link_9shapeimage_4_link_10shapeimage_4_link_11shapeimage_4_link_12

"[Ficera] has the fine judgment that allows a writer

to be ruthless and tender at once, revealing the pulsating

heart of pure humanness that beats in the space between.

                                     -- Ventura County Reporter

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