hi.
I’m awfully shy for someone who puts themselves online. But in brief: I’m 27, living and working in Washington, DC with my boyfriend J and our sheepish sheltie Cooper. I write because I can’t not write. I read almost everything, eat almost anything, drink primarily sour beers and old-fashioned cocktails, heal my friends in World of Warcraft, and hoard impractical shoes. I’m a Russophile and an Oklahoma exile.
I write all kinds of fiction, from fantasy to YA historical to quirky contemporary, but I’d like to think it all shares the common thread of the dark, fantastical, surreal, and amusing. My writing is represented by Weronika Janczuk at Lynn Franklin Associates.
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If you’d like me to review your book or other item, I will gladly accept the item and do my best to provide an honest and thoughtful review of the book’s positive elements in a timely fashion, but I cannot promise or guarantee you a review for a number of reasons. I try to include these items in the occasional giveaway.