Courtney Maum is the author of the novels Touch and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You and the chapbook “Notes from Mexico.” She has been published in outlets such as the New York Times, Tin House, O the Oprah Magazine, and BuzzFeed, and has worked as a trend forecaster, a fashion publicist, and a party promoter for Corona Extra in the past. She currently works as a make-up shade and product namer from her home in Litchfield County, CT where she foudned the interdisciplinary retreat, The Cabins.