I’ve been writing since I was a kid, beginning with poetry and early attempts at family memoir. My first published piece was a short news story about an Arbor Day tree planting at my grammar school.

My grownup writing has appeared in Calyx, Consequence, Creative Dreamers, Nostos, The Healing Muse, and Unbroken. My first novel, The Love We All Wait For, won Best Novel at the East of Eden Writers Conference. An audiobook edition of the novel re-titled Hearts Crazier Than Mine was released in June of 2026.

I hold an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Kentucky University’s Bluegrass Writers Studio and a BA in French from San Francisco State University.

I’m working on another novel and a handful of short stories and essays. I share a lair in San Rafael, California with Jasper, a hopelessly sweet Labrador Retriever.