I grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from The Ohio State University, where my English major coursework focused on writing.

After a few post-college years working in Ohio, I moved to Boston and earned my Master’s in Publishing & Writing from Emerson College. My coursework at Emerson focused on nonfiction writing, as well as the business of book publishing and magazine writing. My thesis was a nonfiction book proposal with several sample chapters.

Internships:
Perseus Books Group (subsidiary rights)
Kneerim & Williams Literary Agency (editorial)
Beacon Press (editorial)
The Jeff Herman Literary Agency (administrative)

Awards:
- Recipient of the 2004 Bookbuilders of Boston scholarship.
- Honorable mention in the 1998 Gertrude Lucille Robinson Award for best poetry by a female undergraduate student at The Ohio State University.
- Honorable mention in the 1996 Ploughshares secondary school writing awards for nonfiction.