My writing life began
as an advertising copywriter—first, in New York, and then in Boston. Eventually, I realized I wanted to write a different kind of fiction and was awarded a fellowship to attend Hollins University’s graduate creative writing program. Post-graduate life involved teaching high school English, getting married, having my first child, moving to the metro Washington D.C. area, having two more children, and writing in between babies and classes. We eventually settled in Philadelphia, where I continue to teach and write. I earned my MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars.
My debut novel, MADELINE MCKNIGHT SIGNS OFF, will be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster on November 3rd, 2026. Other work has appeared in The Threepenny Review, Cutleaf, The Baltimore Review, The Northwest Review, The Chicago Quarterly Review and Passages North.
I’m an alum of Bread Loaf, the Community of Writers, and The Kenyon Review Novel Workshop. I am represented by Natalie Edwards of Trellis Literary Management.