I grew up in the Chicago area and have lived all over the United States. I am a creative writer and now live in Virginia with my husband, two kids, white German Shepherd, and two rescued cats. My fiction is represented by The Linda Chester Literary Agency.

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Honors

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• Honorable Mention for the Missouri Review Poet's Prize

• Three-time finalist for the Casey Shay Poet’s Prize

• “Poem of the Year” from The Iowa Rag

• Fourth Place in the Fall, 2008, New Hampshire Poet’s Prize

• Honorable Mention for The Missouri Review Poet’s Prize

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Public Appearances

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• Rose State Short writing course 2012: editing and literary submissions

• Rose State Short writing course 2013: researching and writing historical ficiton

• Wizard World Comic Con, 2017: strong women in fiction

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My creative works have appeared in

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Scholars and Rogues, Handful of Dust, Damselfly, The Iowa Rag, Ginger Piglet, The Missouri Review, Mudvein, Potpourri, The Wisconsin Review, Rhino, Rose Red Review, Linden Avenue Literary Journal, Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, The Lyric, Parabola, Conclave: A Journal of Character, The Meadowland Review, Extracts, Sliver of Stone, Silent Revelations, The Atlanta Review, Yemassee, Burnt District, Josephine, Fickle Muses, The Potomac Review, The Ilanot Review, Border Crossing, Little Patuxent Review and others.

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