Carina Finn
Commerce Editor
Carina Finn is a Brooklyn-born, Brooklyn-based writer who owns entirely too many vintage cookbooks. After earning an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Notre Dame, she moved back to NYC and worked as a cook before eventually finding her way back to writing. She was previously a staff writer for The Infatuation and an editor at Food Network Magazine and Bustle. When she's not cooking and writing about food, she writes books for young readers. Her debut middle grade novel, Feast and Famine: The Last Great Heir, will be published by Sourcebooks in 2025.
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