Artistic Resume

BA in Sociology and Biblical Studies – Gordon College 1991. Pike Scholar. Phi Alpha Chi Honor Society

Winner, North Shore Magazine short story competition – 1993

Short story, A Cowboy’s Cowboy, published - Boy’s Life Magazine – 1998

Finalist nominated for the Western Writer’s Association Spur Award – 1999

Taught workshops at Massachusetts Correctional Institution Cedar Junction, Walpole, MA 1990-1993

Taught writing/goal setting workshops at Middlesex County Jail, 1998-2000

Completed a literary novel, Mangoes In Paradise – 1999

Founded the Hamilton Writer’s Group – 1999

Non-fiction published - Yankee Magazine – 1999

Chenango Valley Writer’s Conference – 1999, 2000, 2001

Attended Iowa Writer’s Workshop under Frank Conroy – 2001

Established the Hamilton/Wenham Public Library Invitational Reading   Series – 2002

A second novel, The Mescalero Project - published in March 2005

Presently teaching goal setting workshops at women’s unit at Essex County Correctional Facility, while completing a new novel.