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Coming in Fall 2026! Kid America

Sixteen-year-old Lenny’s life was never perfect. Raised in Chicago by a single mother and coming out Covid-19 isolation, he’s faced with the fallout of his mom’s drug conviction. When he is sent to live with grandparents in the middle of farm country, Illinois, he does what he always does—he keeps his mouth shut and tries to make the best of it. That is, until his grandparents get Covid. Left to fend for himself as he fights a losing battle to care for them, Lenny confronts his family’s traumatic past, his mom’s inability to escape even after she ran away, and what his life will become if he doesn’t flip the script now.

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Biography

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.

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