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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Stacie Stukin is a journalist and essayist who writes about art, architecture, design, and wellness culture. She appeared as an on-camera expert for the HBO MAX docuseries Breath of Fire, and created the unofficial companion podcast, Temple of Steal .

Her byline has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic, Architectural Digest, W Magazine, Elle Decor, The Art Newspaper, and ART News.

Her book credits include Beauty & Mischief : The Design Alchemy of Blackman Cruz, the Alabama Stitch Book: Contemporary Stories, Lessons and Projects Celebrating Traditional Hand Sewing, Quilting and Embroidery, and a monograph for Richard Manion Architecture.

Most recently, her writer’s coming-of-age essay entitled Brentwood Notebook, appeared in the collection Slouching Towards Los Angeles; Living and Writing in Joan Didion’s Light. Her essay, May It Never Be the Last Brisket appeared in Roost Books' The Cassoulet Saved Our Marriage: True Tales of Food, Family and How We Learn to Eat and paid homage to her mother and Jewish cooking.

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