I write stories about adolescents struggling to become who they want to be in a world not of their making.

I’m a teacher,

father,

champion of youthful brilliance, and

author of narratives with strong characters and smart plot lines that speak to the complexity of adolescent existence and the issues that shape their worlds.

I'm a proud Chicagoan of forty years, transplanted from a small town in central Indiana. I came to fiction writing after over thirty years of teaching at all levels--elementary, middle school, high school, and college. When I'm not teaching or writing, I support my neighborhood school and get outside no matter the weather for nature and urban hikes.