Garin has written about arts and culture for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Mental Floss, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic, Eater, The A.V. Club, and many more publications. She is author of The Beer Cheese Book and Rebels and Underdogs: The Story of Ohio Rock and Roll, and screenwriter of “The Finicky Cat,” an award-winning short horror comedy. Besides writing, she enjoys condemning people about their overuse of plastics.