Tavia Stewart-Streit works as the Deputy Director for National Novel Writing Month (nanowrimo.org) and is the founder and Executive Director of Invisible City Audio Tours (invisiblecityaudiotours.org). Shortly after graduating from the University of Southern California with a degree in Creative Writing, she packed up and moved to San Francisco in search of a new life immersed in the Bay Area’s literary scene. For the first couple years, she waited tables, volunteered at 826 Valencia’s creative writing center, and interned for McSweeney’s Publishing, Watchword Press, and ZYZZYVA. In 2006 she consolidated to one full-time job with NaNoWriMo, and in 2010 founded Invisible City. She is also the co-author of six creativewriting workbooks for kids and teens and one for adults—-Ready, Set, Novel published by Chronicle Books. When she’s not at NaNoWriMo or producing literary-based audio tours, you will find her hanging with her extra-awesome son Archer (21 mos. and counting!).