Bio
Most of my published work is speculative fiction for adults, and I am currently writing a YA novel based on fairy tale motifs.
I was born in San Francisco just in time for the Summer of Love. My travels have taken me all over the United States and Europe, and I now live in Austin, Texas with my husband, daughters and cat. I have a doctorate in Comparative Literature and have taught at Austin Community College and in the University of Texas Extension program.
Writing
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"The Gill Bride" is available at The Red Penny Papers. |
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Read "A Girl and Her Beast" at the other room. |
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"Flesh Pot" is featured in the current issue of darker. |
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PANK published my story, "Baboon". This story placed fourth in the Open City RRofihe Trophy Short Story Contest, earning it the status of Special Mention Story in December of 2010. |
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I was selected as a finalist for Grace Notes Books' "Discovering the Undiscovered" Competition in the Short Fiction, Essay Collection & Novella Category. Grace Notes Books has published excerpts of all the finalists' work, including my piece, "Find the Girl", in the second issue of NOTES Magazine. |
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In 2010 I attended the Summer Literary Seminar in Montreal on a generous fellowship and had the pleasure of working with Kevin Canty and Louis Sachar. |
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My story, "What Is Buried, What Is Green", was anthologized in Tartts Four: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers (Livingston Press, 2008). |
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I attended the first Abroad Writers Workshop in 2005 in Dordogne, where I worked with the fabulous Dorothy Allison. |
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"Norman's Girl" earned an Honorable Mention in the Andre Dubus Short Fiction Contest sponsored by Words & Images, in which it was published. This story went on to be anthologized in Tartts Two: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers (Livingston Press, 2006). |
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Three stories, "Chocolate-dipped", "Veronica Steps Out" and "The Many Deaths of Miss Penny One-Cent" were published in Singularities: Writing from the Center of the Edge (Plain View Press, 2001). Plain View Press was created by the late poet and publisher, Susan Bright. |
Other Awards:
- Finalist: Writer's Digest Writing Competition (Mainstream/Literary Short Story Category), 2011
- Semifinalist: Iowa Short Fiction Prize, 2005
- Finalist: Writer's Digest Short Short Story Contest, 2004
- Finalist: Third Annual Literary Sashimi Contest, Gorsky Press, 2004