Like many, I have an MFA. Mine from Goddard College. I also have a doctorate from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. My claim to fame is that I was at ground zero working at the NYC Department of Health when two planes felled the Twin Towers.
I am the recipient of an Arts Fellowship from Drisha Institute. I have taught fiction in the Greater New York area. While my first novel is under review for publication, I'm writing a second one, as well as a collection of short stories. I love to write flash and poetry, too.
I am finalist for the Alexander Cappon Prize for Fiction, finalist for Soundings Review First Publications Fiction Prize, and three-time semifinalist in the William Faulkner fiction award series.