Anne Krook

I am the author of “Now What Do I Say?”: Practical Workplace Advice for Younger Women. I consult, speak, and write on this and other workplace topics.

I began my career teaching as an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where I taught for seven years before moving to Seattle. After a stint in restaurant bartending, I joined Amazon.com. During my thirteen years at the company, I held various roles in US and international website development, program management, internal audit, and infrastructure. After that, I worked as VP of Operations at a startup, Mindbloom, and then as VP of Operations at Synapse, a product design engineering company in Seattle. I also serve on the board of director of Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV.

I write mostly on practical topics, but I am an inveterate reader of murder mysteries. Current favorite authors are Martin Walker, Louise Penny, Kerry Greenwood, and C. S. Harris.