Cari Shane Parven, a freelance writer based in the Washington, D.C. area, writes for numerous national and local publications. A frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Cooking Light, Everyday with Rachel Ray, and Home & Design, Parven's articles can also be found in Fromer's Budget Travel, MYBusiness Magazine, Swimmer, Maryland-Life, Honolulu Magazine, and more.

Before her return to print journalism four years ago, Parven was in front of the camera working as a television reporter and weekend anchor at the NBC affiliate in Hartford, Connecticut. Prior to that, she was a features reporter for the ABC affiliate in the Roanoke/Lynchburg, Virginia market, a news writer for Philadelphia's Fox station, and a weekend anchor at Lancaster, Pennsylvania's NBC affiliate.

Parven began her broadcast career in radio in Poughkeepsie, New York and worked for many years as a radio anchor and reporter in Hartford and New Haven, Connecticut. Her print career began at The Poughkeepsie Journal in New York.

In the 90's, Parven ran a successful media-tour company representing a variety of well-known national clients including Hunts, General Foods, Accutane, and TJ Maxx. Parven not only created the media campaigns for her clients, placing their products on national and local news shows, but also acted as spokesperson for several of her national media campaigns.

Parven is a graduate of Vassar College and currently lives in Potomac, Maryland with her husband, three children, and a dog. She is writing her first novel.