FULL-LENGTH WORKS
NOVELS (*seeking representation)
THE WANT (Novel-Literary Fiction/89,000 words): A contemporary literary novel about a thirty-two-year-old disillusioned cubicle worker's attempt to recreate her life in the wake of her mother's sudden death as she contends with long-buried family secrets and her own abandoned dreams of becoming an artist. A novel that explores the intersection of grief and desire, and the emotional reckoning of second chances.
PAPER HOUSES (Novel-Literary Fiction/88,000 words, 2024): A dual-timeline/dual-pov novel set in 1984 and 2001 Chicago, intertwining a reclusive groundskeeper and a twelve-year-old girl as their search for missing loved ones intersect in surprising ways. A psychological exploration of mistaken identity, intimacy and the longing for connection.
IN OTHER KINDS OF WEATHER (Novel-Literary Fiction/90,000 words, 2022): A contemporary family drama about a recently laid-off family man who veers off course to save his family from ruin. Exploring the trouble brewing in a pristine suburb and questioning how well we know what is going on behind our neighbors' doors.
STORY COLLECTION: Published March 2026 by Columbus State University Press
EVERYBODY NEEDS SOMETHING (Winner of the Donald L Jordan Prize for Literary Excellence): A collection of stories exploring our human need for connection and the ways in which we struggle to attain it.
ESSAY COLLECTION:
A RABBLE, A FLIGHT, A WING: Notes on Grief and Belonging (CNF/30,000 words): A hybrid collection of creative non-fiction centering on various forms of loss and questions of belonging.
POETRY ON THE STREETS : A coffee table style collection of photographs and typewriter poetry about human emotions spontaneously written by everyday people on the street over three years
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- Fiction
- Swamp Pink, “Flotsam,” 2024
- Vestal Review, “My Father, My King,” 2022
- StorySouth, “Arboretum,” 2017
- Connotation Press, “Airways,” 2017
- Adelaide Literary Magazine, “Everybody Needs Something,” 2017
- Adelaide’s Literary (Best of) Anthology, “Just Fine,” 2017
- Blackbird, “Marionette,” 2015
- Contrary Magazine, “Don’t Forget to Say Hello,” 2015
- The Ampersand Review, “Lucky Penny,” 2013
- Requited Journal, “Newborn Eyes,” 2013
- Fifth Wednesday Journal, “At the Auditorium,” (Pushcart Prize Nomination) 2012
- Essays
- Hippocampus, “The Shape of Grief,” 2024
- Electric Literature, "How to Love a Widower," 2025
- Permafrost, "A Flutter,a Rabble, a Wing," 2025
- Vol1. Brooklyn, “In Giron,” 2024
- HuffPost Personal, “365 Days,” 2024
- Catamaran Review, “What Would Odysseus Do,” 2023
- Mom Egg Review, “Becoming,” 2023
- StoryQuarterly, “El Coup,” (Pushcart Prize Nomination) 2022
- HuffPost Personal, “Here’s What I Learned about Grief,” 2021
- Literary Mama, “Kindergarten Pick-Up,” 2013
- Emerge Literary Journal, “Sometimes It’s a Pin Prick,” 2013
- Poetry
- Pedestal, “Paper Tiger,” 2022
Additional Publications:
Non-fiction book: Limbu Folklore: the collection and translation of oral folklore from the Limbu people of Nepal. Pilgrims Publishing, Varanasi, India. 2004
- Chapbook: Searching Ana, Novel Excerpt, Winner of The New School Chapbook Award Series. Forward by contest judge, Dennis Cooper.
- Collaborative Middle Grade Book: The Great CT Caper, by 12 CT authors and artists. CT Humanities Council
- Chapbook: Searching Ana, Novel Excerpt, Winner of The New School Chapbook Award Series. Forward by contest judge, Dennis Cooper.