HEATHER B. ARMSTRONG

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Birth Place: Mormon in Memphis, Tennessee

Lives in: Salt Lake City, Utah.

Heather B. Armstrong, 34, writes under the pseudonym of Dooce. She is an American blogger who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Armstrong explains that “Dooce” came from her inability to quickly spell “dude” during IM chats with her former co-workers.

In 2002, Armstrong ignited a fierce debate about privacy issues when she was allegedly fired from her job as a web designer and graphic artist because she had written satirical accounts of her experiences at a dot-com startup on her personal blog, dooce.com.

Armstrong introduced this new section, the Dooce Community, by posting an entry (11/2/09) on the main dooce.com.

Kensington released a book of essays “Things I Learned About My Dad: In Therapy” on April 29, 2008, edited by Heather B. Armstrong. Regular readers of Dooce know that blogger Heather B. Armstrong gets a whole lot of hate mail.

Armstrong was featured by Forbes magazine among 30 honorees on its list of “The Most Influential Women In Media” for 2009.

“In life, it’s not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away.”

“He asked us if we’d like to do it [deliver the baby] today. Today? You mean, this day? The day that is this one?“

“It Sucked and Then I Cried: How I Had a Baby, a Breakdown, and a Much Needed Margarita.”

“Can of Words: A Collection of Poems and Drawings by Young Women Who Have Been Sexually Abused.”

“Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it’s so hurtful to think about writing.”

“People think they have the right to judge everything that I do.”