I write fiction, essays, and prose poems. My linked short story collection, Garbage Night at the Opera, won the 2011 Chandra Prize and is forthcoming from BkMk Press. Stories from the collection have appeared in North American Review, Cimarron Review, Hunger Mountain, Night Train, and others. These stories have received four pushcart prize nominations and Special Mention in Pushcart Prize XXVIII. I received a Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing to work on a novel set in Italy, Bel Casino, which is one of two novels currently in the works. My essays and prose poems have been published in Eclectica, Silk Road, Puerto del Sol, International Living, and others. I live in Boulevard Park in midtown Sacramento, where I run the Stories on Stage reading series, teach writing workshops, and coach writers privately.
INSTRUCTOR
I teach short story, flash fiction, and multi-genre classes for the UCLA Writers' Extension and private workshops from my home in midtown Sacramento. I've previously taught writing for New Mexico State University and National University's MFA program. Please email me if you would like further information about my teaching schedule/interests.
EDUCATION
I received my Master's of Fine Arts degree in Fiction from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, under the fine tutelage of writers Kevin (Mc) McIlvoy, Robert (Boz) Boswell, Toni Nelson, and Connie Voisine.
I received my Bachelor's of Arts in Liberal Arts from the New School in New York City, where I was born and raised.