Mindy Lewis is a writer and visual artist based in New York City. Mer memoir, "Life Inside" (Washington Square Press 2003), described in a starred Kirkus review as "complex, chilling, luminous," was named a "Book of the Year" by The American Journal of Nursing and an Elle magazine "Must Read." Ms. Lewis is also editor of the anthology "DIRT: The Quirks, Habits and Passions of Keeping House" (Seal Press 2009; www.dirtthebook.com), in which 38 contemporary writers explore their thoughts and feelings about cleaning, dirt, dust, and clutter. Her essays have been published in Newsweek, Lilith, Body & Soul, and Poets & Writers magazines, and in anthologies. Ms. Lewis teaches writing workshops at The Writer's Voice of the Westside YMCA and at Brooklyn College, and has been a visiting writer at Empire State College/SUNY and at George Mason University. For more information: http://www.mindylewis.com