Courtney Maum graduated from Brown University with a degree in Comparative Literature. She then lived in France for five years where she worked as a party promoter for Corona Extra. Today, she splits her time between the Massachusetts Berkshires, New York City, and Paris, working as a creative brand strategist, corporate namer, and humor columnist. She is the author of the chapbook "Notes from Mexico" and I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You.