Life

She is a native of Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making...

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She graduated from Saint Joseph College (Connecticut) with a Masters Degree.
After a career in special education/mental health, she turned to writing.

Her short fiction has been published in The Hurricane Review, The Ledge, The Long Story, and Kaleidoscope.

She is a staff writer for Portland Trails. She lives with her husband near Yarmouth, Maine

Yarmouth, Maine

Yarmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, located approximately ten to fifteen miles north of Portland. Its population was 8,349 at the 2010 census....

, where she is completing her first novel, Sunday's Orphan.

Awards

• 2005 Dana Award
  Dana Award
  The Dana Award is a literary award presented in short fiction, poetry and the novel. It was founded in 1996 by literature professor and poet Mary Elizabeth Parker with the financial backing of Michael Dana. The competition is currently based in Greensboro, North Carolina...
  
  
• Summer Literary Seminars in St. Petersburg, Russia fellowship
• The Reynolds Price Fiction Contest finalist

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