BIO

Lori Hile is a Chicago-based freelance writer and author whose profiles, reviews, and service pieces have been published in a variety of magazines, websites, and books, including: Hemispheres, Time Out Chicago, Lake Magazine, Patch.com, and Hungry? Chicago. She's also written four nonfiction books for young adults: Social Networks and Blogs, Animal Survival, Surviving Extreme Sports, and Getting Ahead: Drugs, Technology, and the Competitive Advantage (Ethics of Sports series) for Heinemann-Raintree Publishing.

Lori has tackled just about every topic under the sun (including, incidentally, the summer solstice), from the migration of sandhill cranes, to the short-lived proliferation of chocolate cafes in the Midwest, to the thrills and spills of extreme sports. What unites Lori's work is her clear, unique, and humorous voice, combined with resourceful research.

During Lori's 15-year career as an events, PR, and marketing manager for a major multimedia retailer, she also wrote and edited a range of business materials (think press releases, website content, newsletter and ad copy), acquiring the skills necessary to translate corporate jargon into snappy sound bites and 500-word web articles.

Lori comes complete with a two-year graduate certificate in Creative Nonfiction Writing from the University of Chicago, where she was a finalist for the Student Writing Prize. Lori studied at the University of Michigan and Eastern Michigan University, graduating summa cum laude with a B.A. in English Literature and Philosophy and a minor in Religious Studies.

Born outside of Detroit, Michigan, Lori still has allegiance to all things Red (Wings) and Blue (University of Michigan football). When she unglues herself from her laptop, Lori enjoys watching foreign films, taste-testing Thai food, beach-combing Lake Michigan with the world's most adorable nieces and nephew (hers, of course), and soaking in Chicago's live music scene. She's in the process of completing a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training Certification with Global Family Yoga and plans to soon employ her skills overseas.