Nancy Rommelmann
American journalist and author
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Nancy Rommelmann is an American journalist, book reviewer, and author.
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Rommelmann reporting on the federal prosecution of Eric Adams in 2024 | |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | nancyrommelmann |
Personal life
Rommelmann and her husband, Din Johnson, have lived in Portland, Oregon since 2004.[1]
In September 2005, Johnson opened a coffee shop, Ristretto Roasters, in Portland's Beaumont-Wilshire neighborhood.[2] The shop grew into a small chain.[3]
Career
Rommelmann has worked as a journalist and author since the mid-1990s and has written fiction, nonfiction, and cultural commentary.
Books
To the Bridge, a True Story of Motherhood and Murder (2018), tells the nonfiction story of a mother in Portland, Oregon who dropped her small children off a high bridge to their death in an icy river.[4][5]
The Bad Mother (2011), a novel, followed "a cluster of street kids in L.A. as they make catastrophically bad choices."[4][6] A review in Reason described both Bad Mother and To the Bridge as storytelling that is "equal parts horrifying and lyrical."[7]
The Queens of Montague Street (2012) is a memoir about growing up in Brooklyn Heights in the 1970s.
Transportation (2013) is a collection of Rommelmann's short stories.[8]
Destination Gacy (2014) is an account of her cross-country journey to interview serial killer John Wayne Gacy shortly before his scheduled execution.
Rommelmann's Los Angeles Bar & Nightlife Guide (2001) is a guide to nightlife in Los Angeles.[9]
She also wrote Everything You Pretend to Know About Food And Are Afraid Someone Will Ask (1998)[10]
#MeNeither
Beginning in 2018, Rommelmann and columnist Leah McSweeney started the YouTube video series #MeNeither. The series discussed allegations against several prominent men during the #MeToo movement and questioned aspects of some accusations and media coverage.[11]