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"An exacting and lively writer."

Steve Martin
comedian and author of Born Standing Up and Pure Drivel

"Starshine's columns are so witty, wise and observant that I wish I wrote them. She's Erma Bombeck for the 21st century."

Jane Heller
author of Some Nerve and An Ex to Grind

"A happy, ruthless, insightful breath of fresh air."

Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
author of The Dirty Girls Social Club

"She's a fresh and flat-out funny writer with a special talent for seeing
and showing the absurd and the joyful in the ordinary and the everyday."

Jerry Roberts
former managing editor, San Francisco Chronicle, and author of Dianne Feinstein: Never Let Them See You Cry

"A wonderful writer, with a sense of humor and strong point of view."

J.J. Abrams
writer/creator of Lost and Star Trek

"Starshine has an irresistible voice with a pitch-perfect ear
for the hilarity, anxiety and quiet desperation of parenthood."

Ann Louise Bardach
Vanity Fair contributor and author of Cuba Confidential

"Ms. Roshell's work has a seemingly effortless glow.
She's one of our generation's most winning columnists."

Jeff Gordinier
editor, Details magazine, and author of X Saves the World

"She writes about the joys and travails of parenting with grace and understanding. This father and grandfather finds her columns useful and insightful — and she always makes me laugh."

Lou Cannon
author of Ronald Reagan: A Life in Politics and Official Negligence

"When words fail us, Starshine is there to speak for the girl in all of us women."

Cheri Steinkellner
Emmy-winning writer, Cheers


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