Awards & Publications

Occasionally, people tell me I can write. Here they are, in case you thought I was lying:

2014



2013 


2012

  • "Blood of Lilies, Blood of Lambs," selected for publication in The Darkness Within, an anthology to be published by Indigo Mosaic
  • "Integers and Atoms," selected for publication in next summer's issue of Gargoyle
  • "Clothes Make the Man," published in Summer Mysteries: A Day at the Beach, an anthology of summer-themed mystery stories published by Whortleberry Press
  • "Integers and Atoms," second place prize, Sacramento State University's Bazzanella Literary awards, short fiction
  • "'Me and Bonaparte Are Chums': Postcolonial Hybridity in Frank o'Connor's 'Guests of the Nation'", second place prize, Sacramento State University's Bazzanella Literary Awards, critical analysis

2011

  • "Croatoa," published in A Rustle of Dark Leaves, an anthology of stories about mysterious happenings in dark forests, to be published by Misanthrope Press
  • First place, unpublished division: RWA Kiss of Death Chapter's Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Category Romantic Suspense for my novel, The Cherbourg Jewels (Yowza, this one's a biggie, folks)
  • "And the Devil Said, Wait" selected for publication in Hellology, an anthology of stories about the devil, to be published by Library of the Living Dead Press
  • "Swampland" published in The Copperfield Review, an online literary journal dedicated to historical fiction
  • "A Different Light: Darkness, Danielstown, and Destiny in Elizabeth Bowen’s The Last September," second place prize, Sacramento State University's Bazzanella Literary Awards, critical analysis 
  • "Giving Bloat the Boot: My Low-Sodium Diet Makeover," first place, Demand Media Studios' Writers' Choice Prize for Non-Fiction

2010


2008



Plus, I made honor roll in grade school.  So that's cool, too.