
The Biggest Surprise I’ve Learned As My Writing has Evolved
From years in a special education classroom to writing about things that go bump in the night, my work has always been about reading the
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The moment trust becomes a trap.
ABOUT
Things that should protect you become the source of danger or failure. That’s what I learned growing up, and now, that’s what I write about. Dark, intimate stories for people who know that the scariest things come in through doors you opened yourself.
WORKS
Picture book
Completed · Querying
When a child’s cat starts dragging familiar lost objects through the cat-flap, each one tied with a red bow, he needs to find out who is sending them before the deliveries escalate. But the gift-giver is something in the woods that speaks only through his cat and won’t stop until it gets what it wants. If he can’t make a trade, he’ll lose Pip forever, and the price of keeping him is the one thing he loves most.
Novel – Psych Thriller
In Progress
A woman brutally attacked in Central Park. A closed case. A dangerous man’s collection. To stop him, she must turn his own tactics against him. Before another woman is added to his collection.
Picture book
In Progress
Portabella shroom collects broken things…and people. Over time, Portabella becomes broken herself
Journal

From years in a special education classroom to writing about things that go bump in the night, my work has always been about reading the

The Moment Something Safe Becomes Something That Preys On You Why I Write Dark Stories Someone said something to me recently that I haven’t been
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