She graduated from Stanford University, and the Warren Wilson College with an MFA.She received scholarships to the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. She is married and lives in Orange County, California. She teaches at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop.

Her work has appeared in StoryQuarterly, Confrontation, Gulf Coast, Other Voices, Inkwell Journal, Epoch, Nimrod, Third Coast, Carolina Quarterly, Sonora Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Washington Square Review, and Web del Sol.

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