Traveling With An Eggplant

Traveling With an Eggplant

About the AuthorAn only child, Alycia Ripley was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. She is a graduate of Syracuse University and received her M.F.A in Creative Writing from New York University. While studying at both NYU and the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute she completed Traveling With An Eggplant, her first novel. She has written several stories and essays and still remembers the days when MTV played good videos. When not writing she enjoys worrying about things she cannot change, being a patron of the (free) arts, and contemplating her upcoming move to Hawaii. She is the owner of two turtles, Alison and Seymour, named after the main characters in this novel.Alycia Ripley