Fiction Writer
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Publications & Prizes
Hemingway Foundation PEN Award nominee (2010), Creative Spirit Award-Platinum (2010), Best Fiction Book, Pushcart Prize nomination (2010), Pushcart Prize nomination (2008), Tom Howard Short Story Contest -"The Right Eye of Justice" (2009), and "Transfiguration" (2008),
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest (2008), Midwest Literary Magazine Distinction award - Poetry (2011)