Claire Hoffman is the author of the reported memoir “Greetings from Utopia Park.” As a journalist, she has written for many magazines about culture, religion, celebrity, business and more. A former staff reporter for the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone, she holds an M.A. in religion from the University of Chicago, an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University and an MFA from New York University. She sits on the board of the Goldhirsh Foundation, as well as the Columbia Journalism School and the Brooklyn Public Library.