about

My writing can be found in many publications, including “Beautiful Things” at River Teeth Journal, Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction, Dorothy Parker’s Ashes, Forge Literary, Fugue, Literary Mama, Manifest-Station, North Dakota Quarterly, Sweet Lit, and The Keepthings. My Brevity essay, “The Once Wife,” was nominated for Best American Essays 2023.

After earning a BA, summa cum laude, in English, I went on to earn a J.D. with distinction. I spent 15 years careering, first as a lawyer, and then as an acquisitions editor and publisher in legal academic publishing. In 2014, I returned to graduate school to earn a MFA in Creative Nonfiction.

I have completed a 75,000-word autofiction novel focused on Place (Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), Era (the early aughts), and Person (Meg, a 30-something Gen X’er finding her jam post-divorce). I am excited for you to soon read Meg’s story.

I am also nearing completion on a memoir in essays arranged around the nucleus of complicated grief.

When I’m not writing, editing, teaching, or parenting, I like to:

  • Dance my ass off at concerts or alone in my living room
  • Walk outdoor labyrinths and hike tree-laden trails
  • Study Irish mandolin and the Bodhrán
  • Collect and spin vintage vinyl
  • Photo by D. Albrecht Photography