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Courtney (28) was raised in the shadows of the Rocky Mountains and evangelical Christianity in Colorado Springs, Colorado, but now she is living our her literary dreams in New York City. Her first book, Perfect Girls, Starving Daughters, was called 'a hardcover punch in the gut' by Arianna Huffington and will be out in paperback this September. She also co-wrote the life story of AIDS activist Marvelyn Brown, called The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful and (HIV) Positive, just released in August. She is a columnist for The American Prospect Online and her work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, and the Christian Science Monitor, among other national publications. She has been on the TODAY Show, the O’Reilly Factor, and MSNBC, and spoken on radio programs and at colleges, non-profits, and parenting organizations across the nation. She is the Director of Undergraduate Programs at the Op-Ed Project, a Woodhull fellow, and part of the Progressive Women's Voices Project at The Women's Media Center. When she's not writing, she's daydreaming about playing the blues harmonica, watching The Wire with her partner or big brother, or attempting to create unselfconscious dance parties.