Author, professor, editor, mentor. For a dozen years I taught in Spalding University's brief residency MFA in Writing program in Louisville KY, mentoring, lecturing, and leading workshops in fiction, CNF, and writing for children and young adults. Before that I taught high school English for 25 years. Currently I work as an independent editor for writers of fiction and nonfiction. Contact me if you need help with your writing.

Creative Nonfiction:
While In Darkness There Is Light (Black Lawrence Press 2008) ~ winner of the 2008 Southwest Writers Nonfiction Award
Fiction:
Full Bloom: Stories (Brown Fedora Books 2010) ~ winner of the 2010 Premier Award for Best Book of the Year in General Fiction category
Cowboy Code (Black Rose Writing 2020)
Hot Springs and Moonshine Liquor (Memoir, Black Rose Writing 2021)
Beside the Long River (Black Rose Writing, 2022)
Sheltering Angel: A Tale of the Titanic (Black Rose Writing, 2023)
Children's Picture Book:
Two Tracks in the Snow (Jason & Nordic 2005)
YA Historical Novels:
Father By Blood (New England Press 1999) ~ winner of the Silver Bay Children's Literature Award
The Black Bonnet (New England Press 1997)
Anthologies:
Tartts Two: Incisive Fiction from Emerging Writers (Livingston Press 2006)
High Horse: Contemporary Writing by the MFA Faculty of Spalding University (Fleur de Lis Press 2005)
Far From Home: Father-Daughter Travel Adventures (Seal Press 2004)

AWP
League of Vermont Writers
NEA

I lead a local writers' group and serve on the board of League of Vermont Writers.