I’m a writer of mangled sorcerers and dragon girls, cursed barbarians and alien warriors, and love that is sometimes evil. I earned my Master of Fine Arts at the University of Central Florida, where I wrote my thesis novel about a queer knitting witch.

The knitting witch lived alone in a house of many doors, which were often left open. She did not have a cat; that would be disastrous with all the yarn strewn about. And when she became distracted, she might forget to feed it for a few days in a row. Instead, she had magical serpent constructs that curled around her neck as she worked, and prowled for mice between the piles of yarn at night.

Before that, I attended New College of Florida and graduated with a degree in Natural Sciences. My undergraduate thesis was on an interdisciplinary astrochemistry, math, and programming topic.

I attended the Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers, served as a judge for the Raw Dog Screaming Press Reader’s Choice Awards, and read slush for Lightspeed Magazine, Parsec Ink’s Triangulation Anthology, and the Florida Review. I’ve taught Creative Writing at the middle school and undergraduate level, and participate in readings around Orlando.