Alia Luria Authors on Fire Interview – GERI O SHIMASU

I am an award-winning author born in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in Tampa, Florida. 

I attended Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa and was a voracious reader from the time I was little, graduating quickly from books like The Phantom Tollbooth to authors such as Stephen King. I began writing young, including poetry and short stories, some of which were published in my school’s literary magazines. 

I attended the University of Florida in 1995 but left school without my degree to become a full-time web developer. After working for start-up companies and freelancing on projects, I returned to school and received my B.S. in Economics from the University of Central Florida with honors in the major. My undergraduate thesis was published by German publisher VDM Verlag.

From there, I attended the University of Florida (again) and received my Juris Doctor, cum laude, in 2009. I also obtained an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 2012 and my MFA in Fiction from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 2018.

I currently live in Tampa, Florida with my boyfriend and dogs, where I am the managing partner of law firm LNK Law PLLC and special counsel at CEB Advising, LLC.

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