Education

Fiction MFA, Graduate Creative Writing Program, New York University; E.L. Doctorow, thesis advisor

MA, English, Creative Writing Concentration, San Francisco State University;
Nona Caspers, thesis advisor

BA, English, Creative Writing Emphasis, Dramatic Writing Concentration, Theatre Arts minor, cum laude, Western Washington University; Robin Hemley, undergraduate advisor

Literary Event/ Publishing Projects

DEBUT LIT, Co-Founder, February 2007-present

Flashers: Flash Fiction by New York Writers, Co-Producer, February 2006-February 2007

Ecstatic Monkey Literary Productions, Founder and National Director, August 2002-present

Washington Square Review, Managing Editor, Fall 2005-Spring 2006

Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, Managing Editor, Fall 2001-Spring 2002

Honors/ Publications/ Productions

NYU Departmental Fellowship, New York University, Fall 2004-Spring 2005

Fellowship, Summer Literary Seminar, St. Petersburg Russia, Summer 2005

“Watching the Skies,” Fourteen Hills: The SFSU Review, Winter 2005

“Four Echoes,” Shotgun Theater Lab, Summer 2004

Runner Up, Clark Gross Novel Award, San Francisco State University, Fall 2003

SFSU Departmental Service Award, San Francisco State University, Fall 2003

Contributor, Really Good Books, 2003

Contributor, Sasquatch Books, 1998

Columnist, The Tacoma Reporter, 1997-1998

“St. Agnes’ Eve,” New Playwrights Theater, Western Washington University, Winter 1997