Hoda Mallone
I am a journalist, writer, screenwriter and producer based in Los Angeles. My work has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Electric Literature, Premium Magazine, The Los Angeles Daily News, Orange County Register, and more. I am a recurring contributor to Southern California News Group and was a contributor at PEOPLE Magazine.
Previously, I worked in the Fashion industry for 20 years as a creative director, producer, and consultant - creating visually stunning photography and video content for many successful companies. Taking a project from concept to completion has always been my specialty. Whether it’s a novel, short story, a story for the screen, or a story for a campaign, I know how to craft a narrative.
Being an Egyptian-American woman who has lived in Southern California most of her life, a mother, and an avid student of the human condition, I bring a wealth of lived experience to everything I put on the page.
The pull to words has always been in me, since before I won the Press Telegram “Scary Story Contest” at sixteen years old. The compulsion to find the truth guided me to earn my undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice. And the drive to create authentically lead me back to my first love, writing, and I have never looked back.
I hold an MFA in Fiction and Creative Non-fiction Writing from the UCR Palm Desert Low Residency MFAprogram, was the Managing Editor forThe Coachella Review, and have worked for then Senator, Presidential Candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
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