I grew up in an odd combo of New York/Munich/London. Sadly, lacking in accent due to early childhood spent in New York. I know, I should have worked harder at that. My B.

After graduating with a degree in neuroscience I not-so-suddenly found myself working in television. It was either that or be a doctor. I went for the TV-making. Still a science nerd at heart, though.

Nerd stuff.

Books: Big Michael Chabon fan- Kavalier & Clay is one of my all-time faves, Brideshead Revisited, Tender is the Night, The Great Gatsby, Love in a Cold Climate, P.G. Wodehouse, His Dark Materials, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, Harry Potter, Fun Home, In Cold Blood

Movies: Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Grey Gardens, Jurassic Park, Wet Hot American Summer, Some Like It Hot, Back to the Future

Music: The Magnetic Fields, The Velvet Underground, Belle & Sebastian, The Kinks, Pulp, Rilo Kiley, The New Pornographers, Blur, David Bowie, Joy Division, New Order, The Rolling Stones, Neko Case, Grizzly Bear, Yo La Tengo, The Zombies

Food (or really, favorite pork products): Bacon, salty caramel chocolates, pork buns, sushi, carnitas, maduros, udon soup, banh mi, steak (med-rare), cilantro

metrocard, a book/New Yorker/New York magazine, DVR, tasty food, good conversation, some kind of corrective eye wear