I write about matters closest to my heart, including adoption, wildlife, the elderly population, and mental illness. My work has appeared in publications including Adoptive Families Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Adopted Soul, ORION, The RavensPerch, The Georgetown Review, The Potomac Review, and various anthologies, newspapers, and e-zines.
I have a BA in English from Indiana University, an MA in English from Butler University, and an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University.
My writing has earned an honorable mention, runner-up and semi-finalist in various literary awards, but I am most excited about receiving a 1st place award for my feature, “Roadkill-Casualties of the Car Culture,” which ran as a cover story in NUVO, in 2002.
I am the author of Dinner With Doppelgangers – A True Story of Madness and Recovery. The memoir was released April 11, 2015 from Wordpool Press. It is also available on Amazon.com.
