Robin Zlotnick
Chief Content and Copy EditorLocation: New York City, New York, United StatesEducation: Emerson CollegeRobin Zlotnick is a writer and editor who has worked in digital publishing for many years. Before joining 'Distractify' full-time in 2020, Robin worked in the editorial departments of companies like Guff and Brainjolt Media. There, she wrote fun listicles and quizzes, jumped on breaking celebrity news stories, and copyedited her heart out. A grammar nerd through and through, Robin relishes any opportunity to roll up her sleeves and get down and dirty with syntax, style guides, and yes, Oxford commas.
She writes and publishes humor and short fiction in her spare time in journals and literary magazines like 'McSweeney’s Internet Tendency,' 'The Belladonna,' 'Rejection Letters,' 'X-R-A-Y,' and more. Robin lives in New England with her husband and the greatest dog in the world.
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