Writing

THE HEART HAS ITS REASONS AND ITS OWN VELOCITY, a novella, will be released by Dzanc Books in January, 2027. WHO BY FIRE was the winner of the 2025 Prism Review Prose Contest, with judge Mimi Herman writing, “I found myself caught up in every moment and memory, trusting this gifted writer to gather it all together in a stunning conclusion, which brought me to tears not only the first time, but each time I read this extraordinary story.” OK GOD was the runner-up for december magazines’ 2024 Curtis Johnson Prose Prize. LOLITA placed second in Cutthroat Magazine‘s 2024 Barry Lopez Non-fiction Contest. THIS IS OUR SERENITY and BUNNY were runners up for Freefall Magazine short story contest in 2024 and 2023, respectively. THE WHALE won 2nd Prize in the 2022 Cutthroat Magazine’s Rick DeMarinis Short Story Contest. YOU MIGHT THINK WE’RE PRAYING was one of three finalists for Terrain.org’s 2021 Fiction Contest. SA’LE Q’EWET NETSE-LH / OUR HEARTS BEAT AS ONE is a bilingual Xwlemi Chosen (Lummi language)/English children’s book about an orca. Published by Chuckanut Editions, two more books –one on salmon, the other on cedar– are forthcoming. Other published work include the fictional travelogue chapbook WAY ELSEWHERE (Lettered Streets Press, 2016), and essays for Numéro Cinq and Psaltery & lyre magazines.