Welcome to my author website! I have wanted to be a writer since second grade when I won an award for my short story Locked in the Room of December.
I have bachelor's and master's degrees in English and I am currently a PhD candidate in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Utah. When I am not writing academic articles, I write middle-grade, young adult, and sweet romance novels. I have also published a number of non-fiction essays and short stories, along with book reviews.
My writing life has definitely been influenced by my interests. I love animals: especially horses, cats, and dogs. I completed a master’s thesis on representations of women in the literature of the Mythic American West. My first adult novel, The Unlikely Gift of Treasure Blume, was published November 2012. Currently, I am working on my sweet romance Not Her First Rodeo (coming Sept. 2023). Click on the Writing Projects Tab for links to my published works!
My other great love is teaching! I have taught writing courses at three different universities for the last 20 years. Writing and teaching are my passions.
I have bachelor's and master's degrees in English and I am currently a PhD candidate in Writing and Rhetoric at the University of Utah. When I am not writing academic articles, I write middle-grade, young adult, and sweet romance novels. I have also published a number of non-fiction essays and short stories, along with book reviews.
My writing life has definitely been influenced by my interests. I love animals: especially horses, cats, and dogs. I completed a master’s thesis on representations of women in the literature of the Mythic American West. My first adult novel, The Unlikely Gift of Treasure Blume, was published November 2012. Currently, I am working on my sweet romance Not Her First Rodeo (coming Sept. 2023). Click on the Writing Projects Tab for links to my published works!
My other great love is teaching! I have taught writing courses at three different universities for the last 20 years. Writing and teaching are my passions.