I’m a fiction writer and poet. I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, but have lived most of my life near Flint. I received an undergraduate degree in English from Wayne State University, and took graduate coursework at University of Michigan-Flint.
As an educator for over twenty years, I’ve worn many hats: an adult education teacher, educational coordinator and academic interventionist in grade schools and high schools. I’ve been active in a group of local authors, Writers as Instructors. A love of reading has always inspired my writing!
My favorite genres to read are Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Poetry, and Historical Fiction. (Not necessarily in that order.)
My fiction and poetry have appeared in many journals, including: Five on the Fifth, Arlington Literary Journal (Issue #84), Illuminations, Twisted Vines Literary Journal, The Birds We Piled Loosely, Referential Magazine, Storyacious, E.T.A. Literary Journal, Digital Papercut, Black Denim Lit. I have published four novels: INSOMINY (2010) and A MENTOR AND HER MUSE (2018), DANCING IN THE RING (2023), and SILVER LADY: TRAVELS ALONG THE RIVER ROAD (2024) DANCING IN THE RING received a Literary Titan Book Award, and was also a finalist in the Global Book Awards and American Writing Awards.
I’m a fiction writer and poet. I was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, but have lived most of my life near Flint. I received an undergraduate degree in English from Wayne State University, and took graduate coursework at University of Michigan-Flint.
As an educator for over twenty years, I’ve worn many hats: an adult education teacher, educational coordinator and academic interventionist in grade schools and high schools. I’ve been active...