About
CURRENT PROJECTS
The Hero, a satirical YA novel (complete)
Title TBD, a literary YA novel (in-progress)
LINKS TO SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
“A Conversation with Author and Art Crime Expert Noah Charney,” Clark Art Institute, October 2010
“A Conversation with Mary Beth Fisher,” Goodman Theatre, October 2010
“7 Things I’ve Learned So Far,” Guide to Literary Agents, June 2010
“Getting Your Sneakers Dirty,” STET!, June 2010
“Murder Your Darlings,” STET!, April 2010
“A Conversation with Walt Spangler, Set Designer for A True History of the
Johnstown Flood,” Goodman Theatre, March 2010
“A Conversation with Joe Grifasi, the Night Clerk in Hughie,” Goodman Theatre, January 2010
“A Conversation with Tom Hardy, Sammy in The Long Red Road,” Goodman Theatre, January 2010
“Film Adaptations: Would a Rose by Any Other Name…,” Chicago Women in Publishing
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Partial scholarship to attend the 2011 Glen East Workshop
Fellowship to attend the 2010 Midwest Writers Workshop Fellows Retreat
2010 Dana Awards for the Novel Semi-Finalist
2010 Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) Merit-Based Fellowship to attend the SLS Summer Literary Seminars
Zilpha Danner Memorial Scholarship to attend the Midwest Writers Workshop, July 2009
CONFERENCES
2010 Midwest Writers Workshop Fellow Retreat at the Potawatomi Inn at Pokagon State Park, Indiana
Chicago-North Romance Writers of America Spring Fling Conference, 2010
Midwest Writers Workshop, 2009
Graduate Writing Colloquium, University of Chicago, 2003
New England Young Writers’ Conference at Bread Loaf, 1997
APPEARANCES/READINGS
Panelist in “Careers in Writing, Editing and Publishing” discussion, the University of Chicago, April 29, 2010
Reading of “Truth or Dare,” Uncommon Ground Story Club, Chicago, July 5, 2009
Reading of “Baby Got Stock,” Uncommon Ground Story Club, Chicago, June 21, 2009
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Member, 2010-Present
Story Studio, Member, 2009–Present
Chicago Women in Publishing, Secretary 2007–2008
Media Bistro, 2006–2008
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Communications Specialist, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA, July 2010-Present
EDUCATION
The University of Chicago, Masters in the Humanities Program, Chicago, IL, June 2004, Thesis: Original Dramatic Work, “Rose, Oh Pure Contradiction”
The University Professors Program at Boston University, Boston, MA, Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Sculpture, cum laude, May 2003, Thesis: Original Novel, “Portrait of an Aspiring Genius”
