Jade WalkerJade Walker is a journalist, a Web producer, an obituarist, a romantic, a foodie, a novelist, a poet, a vampire, a witch, a cat lover and a deathmonger. She's the overnight editor/producer for Yahoo! News and previously worked in the same position for The Associated Press and The New York Times .
Ms. Walker has published or appeared in several books, including the dark poetry collection, "Sex, Death and Other..." (2002, Metropolis Ink). In her spare time, she writes obituaries for The Blog of Death and blogs for the Obituary Forum , Writers We've Lost , Cooking for 2 , Once Upon a Time... and Eccentric Employment .
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Birthday: November 23
Studied: News-editorial journalism and criminal justice at the University of Miami in Florida. Graduated from the Metro-Dade Citizens Police Academy.
Published: In newspapers, magazines and online.
People who've influenced my writing: Ray Villello, Alan Prince, Edna Buchanan, Jay Kravetz, Howard Kurtz, Mike Royko, Joss Whedon, Bernie Gwertzman, Aaron Sorkin, Carl Hiaasen, Rick Bragg, Mitch Gelman, John Rodgers, the members of the Seattle Writers Bloc and Marcus Weir.
Reads: Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, Harlan Ellison, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Edgar Allan Poe, Ranier Maria Rilke, William Shakespeare, George R.R. Martin and Dennis Lehane.
Favorite books: The "Outlander" series by Gabaldon, The "Sandman" series by Gaiman and Katherine Neville's "The Eight."
Favorite movies: Braveheart, Sleepless in Seattle, The Crow and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Pets: Noel, Lily, Autumn, Dany and Arya . Princess died on Jan. 10, 2003. Sox died on Aug. 27, 2007.
Likes to eat: Chocolate, tonkatsu and orgasmic chicken.
Likes to watch: All of the Law & Order shows, Ed, Sports Night, Sorkin's version of The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Heroes, Journeyman, Pushin' Daisies, Inside the Actor's Studio, MythBusters, Mad About You, Cold Case, Charlie Rose, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Deadwood, Dead Like Me, Good Eats, Iron Chef America, Top Chef, Dirty Jobs, House, Animal Cops (NY, Detroit and Houston), The Daily Show and Bob Ross Does Painting.
Hobbies: Working on my MacBookPro (Gypsy) or G4 (Stryder), dreaming, practicing witchcraft, indulging in book buying sprees, visiting cemeteries, watching movies, dancing, moonbathing and seeking immortality.
Inspiration: Traveling, the beach, the moon, the night, fire, vampires, music, the smell of old books, love.
Worst habits: Chocolate chips for breakfast and buying books
Pet peeves: Dishonesty, apathy, religious fervor
Favorite word: Passion
Favorite Quotes
"You don't have to be a house to be haunted." --Emily Dickinson
"My darling girl, when are you going to understand that 'normal' isn't a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." --Robin Swicord
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones." --Marcus Aurelius
"Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.†--Edward R. Murrow
"I think we can't go around measuring our goodness by what we don't do -- by what we deny ourselves, what we resist and who we exclude. I think we've got to measure goodness by what we embrace, what we create and who we include." --Pere Henri, "Chocolat"