Stephanie Schorow

Stephanie Schorow is a Boston-area reporter and writer. For 12 years she toiled as a features editor and ink-stained scribe for the Boston Herald until she struck out on her own as a freelance writer in 2005. Her articles regularly appear in the Boston Globe, the Harvard Gazette, MIT's Tech Talk and other publications. Stephanie writes two columns for the Globe's Sidekick section and often contributes music reviews, celebrity interviews and other features. She also writes the "Behind the Scenes" feature for the Globe Northwest.

She is the author of the nonfiction book, The Crime of the Century: How the Brink's Robbers Stole Millions and the Hearts of Boston, published in February 2008 by Commonwealth Editions.

Her book on the Boston Harbor Islands, East of Boston: Notes from the Harbor Islands, was published in July by The History Press.

Her other books include Boston on Fire: A History of Fires and Firefighting in Boston and The Cocoanut Grove Fire.

Ms. Schorow was the editor of Boston's Fire Trail: A Walk Through the City's Fire and Firefighting History, published in 2007. She also contributed research and copy to Great New England Storms of the 20th Century.

She has worked for the Boston office of the Associated Press, the TAB newspaper chain and newspapers in Missouri, Utah and Connecticut. She is an avid hiker and backpacker, clay artist and amateur photographer.

East of Boston was launched on Monday, July 1, with a great party at the Daily Catch in Boston