Some things you may or may not know about me:
I LOVE to bake and I host a live on air baking show where I interview cookbook authors and we bake together on A Mighty Blaze. I also teach baking classes for various organizations and private events. Email me at rachel@rachellevylesser.com if you are interested in having me teach a baking class for your group. We always have a lot of fun!
I drove a rider truck cross country one summer from Colorado to New York — the same summer I slept in a tent for six weeks as a counselor for a group of teenagers touring national parks. In between my truck driving days and my authorship days, I worked in marketing and PR for magazines and nonprofits. I worked on the launch of Teen People and Real Simple Magazines. At the time I could relate more to Teen People while in my early 20s, but now I relate way more to Real Simple in my mid 40s.
I’ve written four nonfiction books all in the memoir genre. Each time I finish writing a book, I think to myself that I’m done with nonfiction/memoir, but then I go back to it.
My favorite entertainment medium these days is the podcast. I listen to podcasts whenever I can weather on long walks on the canal path down the street from where I live or chauffeuring my kids around to their various sports and activities. I now co-host a podcast called Life’s Accessories where I interview cool, awesome, interesting people about a meaningful fashion item and the story behind it.
My husband doesn’t like it when I write about him, but he has approved everything I have written about him thus far. He is private —me not so much. It works though —I would say quite well. My son has taught me way more than I ever imagined knowing about professional sports — particularly the NBA and the NFL. My daughter can almost beat me in tennis and is just about to perfect my self-proclaimed famous chocolate chip cookie recipe.
I was painfully shy as a child. My grownup friends have trouble believing that. I played on my high school and college squash teams. I practice yoga. I read. I ski. I bake (A LOT!) I play golf (badly) and I knit (scarves only!) I average two grande cups of coffee/lattes a day while writing at my local Starbucks.