Interviews:

Columbia College Chicago Interview

Bulb Culture Collective, 2024

Forge Literary Magazine, 2024

University of Kansas Blog, 2022

Echo Magazine, 2006

Updates:

Winner of the 2025 Gulf Coast Prize for Fiction!!

Short story collection was a finalist for the W.S. Porter Prize!!

TWO stories were nominated for PUSHCART Prizes!!!

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NEWS & EVENTS

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Maryland Writer’s Association Newsletter

Presentations:

Georgia Military Child Symposium, 2022

University of Leeds, UK International Disability Studies Conference, September 2024

Readings:

Hair Trigger launch party, Chicago 2007

Umbrella Factory Magazine launch party, 2024

Riddle Fence Publishing, Inc Honorable Mention Reading, 2024

Fractured Lit, Finalist Reading, 2024

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Fiction

Books

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A woman dressed in a gold dress with a crown, holding a sword in one hand and scales in the other, representing Lady Justice.

Portfolio

Law