My writing has appeared in Salamander, The Pinch, Cannibal Love, Fiction East, and The Midwest Prairie Review, among other periodicals, and has received several awards, including first place in The UW Madison Writers Institute prizes for both fiction and poetry, two Illinois Arts Council Artist Fellowships, and third place in the 2005 River City Fiction Contest. I'm currently revising my debut novel and compiling stories for a collection. I have an MFA from Bennington College and live in Chicago.