Melanie Abrams (Author) MELANIE ABRAMS is the author of the novels Playing and Meadowlark. She is an editor and photographer who currently teaches writing at the University of California, Berkeley. She lives in Oakland, California, with her husband, writer Vikram Chandra, and their daughters. Larry Smith (Author) LARRY SMITH is founder and editor of the personal storytelling community SMITH Magazine and the creator of the Six-Word Memoir project. Larry lives in Berkeley, California, with his wife, writer Piper Kerman, and their son.