About

Welcome to Writepudding. My name is Liana. I am a writer, editor, journalist and tea lover, who although was born in Tehran, has lived in Los Angeles mostly all her life. I started this website in 2006 as an outlet while I was in school, studying for that ever alluring bachelor’s degree. Since then, I’ve graduated, bought a lot of shoes, traveled and spent my days thinking about writing an NY Times bestseller, as well as taking care of Henry. You can learn more about Henry through the About Henry page

I work full time as an editor, and also part time as a writer and editor for ScreenCrave. I used to also write for Los Angeles Cityzine as well as co-host a gardening radio show called Edible Gardens every week. When I’m not writing, I like to paint, bake,knit, sew and watch Bollywood movies. I also like to take photos.

I love tea, digestive biscuits, cashmere, alpacas and David Brent. I can’t live without the internet, The Smiths and John Lennon. I like babooshkas, reading children’s books, catching spelling mistakes, finding bargains, useless trivia and snow.

I dislike hypocrites, impressionable people, people who are picky about their chocolate, drivers who leave their signal lights on for 5,000 miles, parents who take infants to theme parks and social events and most people from my generation

“Writepudding” was created when my boyfriend and I put together my love for writing and his love for rice pudding. We like to eat snow cones together in Central Park. During the process, I became a big fan of rice pudding as well. Over time, “writepudding” as evolved to mean, at least to me, a way that I can write about anything I want, without limitations or restrictions, just like you can put a whole slew of ingredients to make your own special pudding.