Courtenay is an author, columnist, copywriter, screenwriter and teacher. For over a decade, she was the host, co-producer and head writer for Live Wire, a nationally-syndicated public radio show based in Portland. She’s also a columnist for the Portland Mercury and the co-writer of the web series “The Benefits of Gusbandry.” Her first book, Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things is due from Little, Brown in July.