Cecilia Rabess previously worked as a data scientist at Google and as an associate at Goldman Sachs. Her nonfiction has been featured in McSweeneys, FiveThirtyEight, Fast Company and FlowingData, among other places. Everything’s Fine is her debut novel.

Katherine and Cecilia discuss: 

Donald Trump is Destroying My Marriage - article in NY Magazine that inspired Everything's Fine  

Cecilia's writing advice: It doesn’t have to be perfect, but you have to finish. No one has ever published an unpublished manuscript.

Debut book recommendation: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck

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