Mary Ladd
Mary Ladd is a member of the Writers Grotto and the author of The Wig Diaries: An Irreverent Cancer Book, with Bad Reporter illustrator Don Asmussen, which debuted at number one in Amazon’s New Releases in Breast Cancer in 2019. She started writing professionally at the San Francisco Chronicle and later collaborated with Anthony Bourdain. Her writing is in many anthologies, Playboy, Health, and elsewhere, as well as on KQED. Ladd is working on Weave, an eco-feminist novel, with Cat Gwynn.
You Are Here: An Exvangelical’s Self-Care Sunday
Returning to the site of a summer Bible camp—now a wellness spa—and making peace with the past.
Oct 14, 2022
![The California Hall of Fame celebrates the “legendary people who embody [the state’s] innovative spirit and have made their mark on history.” Founded in 2006, the museum admits between 7 and 14 members each year.](https://hips.hearstapps.com/altaonline/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ATA100119fame_img01.jpg?crop=0.75xw:1xh;center,top&resize=180:* "ATA100119fame_img01")
Shout! It’s the California Hall of Fame
A museum in Sacramento celebrates the Golden State’s best and brightest with cardboard cutouts and a replica of the rat from Ratatouille.
Dec 10, 2019