Kristin Scharkey

Editor & writer
in Los Angeles.

ABOUT KRISTIN

Kristin Scharkey is an editor and writer whose work can be found in some of the country’s leading journalism and lifestyle media publications, including USA Today Co., Hearst Newspapers, Tribune Publishing and more. Previously, she was the deputy editor at Sunset Magazine and top editor at DESERT magazine.

Kristin earned both an undergraduate journalism degree and MFA in creative nonfiction at Northwestern University, where she was a Division I softball player. When she’s not at her desk, she’s somewhere between palm trees and cactuses.