My story is short.
It begins with a script for a puppet show in fourth grade that landed me in the principal’s office. I was branded an odd girl, an independent thinker, and soon filled my high school journals with teen angst and sad love poems. After graduating from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, I dreamed of being a rock critic for Rolling Stone but landed at an educational publishing company instead. Since then, I have written thousands of headlines and chunks of advertising copy for everything from toothpaste to baseball stadiums to eyeglasses and insurance law textbooks. In between all the ad copy, I write fiction.

In 1999, I submitted my first short story, War Stories, and it was published that same year in the Beloit Fiction Journal.

After that:

• The Emperor’s New Head, Timber Creek Review, January 2003
• Individual Artists Fellowship Grant, Kentucky Arts Council, January 2003
• Open Wide, 2nd Place, Mercantile Library Short Story Contest, sponsored by CityBeat

Now:

• Working on a short story collection and novel
• Still writing advertising copy for various corporations
• Attempting to stay out of the principal’s office

Little Known Facts About Me:

• I dream about sharks in primary colors. It’s a recurring dream since childhood.
• I always wanted freckles.
• I can still do a perfect cartwheel.
• I think pipe cleaners are underrated as an art form.
• Someday, I will own a pair of shoes to match every outfit in my closet. It will be a very good day.