About Me

A native of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, I grew up eating pierogies, haluski, and Mrs. Grass chicken soup; listening to oldies on my dad’s jukebox while he taught me how to play pool; watching old Batman episodes and cheesy cop movies with my brother; and reading anything I could get my hands on.

I earned a BA in English with a minor in writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University.

I was the 2009 Kathy Fish Fellow and writer-in-residence at SmokeLong Quarterly, and I am now a senior editor there. I won the 2010 literary awards series from the Santa Fe Writers Project. My story, "Ode to the Double-Crossed Lackey in 'Thunderball'" was nominated for Dzanc's Best of the Web series for 2009. My short stories "They" and "Like Everyone Else" were recognized by storySouth as noteable online stories in 2004 and 2009. Another story, "Hole to China," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. I currently live in a suburb of Washington, D.C. with my husband Art Taylor.

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