I'm a fiction writer, living in the heart of Baltimore. My short fiction has appeared in a variety of literary journals, including North American Review, Fourteen Hills, New Ohio Review, The Louisville Review, Faultline, Moon City Review, Sou'wester, Beloit Fiction Journal, Prairie Schooner, and the Bellevue Literary Review.

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Awards and Honors

• Nominated for Best of the Net by New Ohio Review.

• Finalist for the Moon City Fiction award for my "When You Think About Paris and Other Stories" collection. 

• Semi-finalist for the OSU Journal's Non/Fiction Collection Prize for my "When You Think About Paris and Other Stories" collection. 

• Prairie Schooner Glenna Luschei Award for "Dolphins."

• Honorable Mention in the Craft Literary Short Story Contest.

• Finalist in American Short Fiction's Short Story Contest for "Returns."

• Finalist for the Snake Nation Press Serena McDonald Kennedy Award.