About Me
I graduated from Brigham Young University–Idaho with a B.A. in English focused on creative writing and editing. One of my YA contemporary fantasy short stories was published in an anthology titled Small Shifts: Short Stories of Fantastical Transformation in 2022, and one of my manuscripts was a finalist for the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Juvenile/YA. I also made it to Round 2 of the NYC Midnight 500 Word Challenge in October of 2023, and I was a goscribbler.com blogger until last year. I currently live in McKinney, TX, and I’m a full-time mother of four young children. My hobbies include reading, art, car karaoke, sewing, crocheting, watching movies and select anime, and co-op gaming of all kinds with my husband.
Published Works
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The Slime the Binds Us
YA Contemporary Fantasy
Short Story
Published 2022 in Small Shifts: Short Stories of Fantastical Transformation
A boy who can turn into a snail must decide between his reputation and his conscience when a girl needs help only he can offer.
Works In Progress
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Wake (Maelstrom #1)
YA Contemporary Fantasy
First in a Planned Double Trilogy
Currently Querying
Forced to live with alien fugitives on Earth until they recover their leader's magic inside her, a ballerina with a panic disorder turns spy for the universal police to facilitate her rescue.
A story of courage, trust, and connection found in the most unexpected places, WAKE is A Court of Thorns and Roses meets Sarah Rees Brennan, Beauty and the Beast meets the girl detective genre. Clean and touched with humor with a no spice, slow-burn romance, the manuscript is complete at 97,000 words. The first chapter was accepted into the 2012 National Undergraduate Literature Conference, the synopsis won goscribbler.com’s 2021 Synopsis Contest, and the manuscript was a finalist for the 2022 Killer Nashville Claymore Award for Best Juvenile/YA.
Bound (Kitsune Bound #1)
YA Contemporary Fantasy
First in a Planned Trilogy
Currently Drafting
When a girl tormented by mythological creatures only she can see saves the life of a kitsune, they must discover a way to break the resulting curse tying them within feet of each other.
Stooge (Agnes and Thrux #1)
YA Contemporary Fantasy
First in a Planned Trilogy
Currently Drafting
A universal police assassin helps her magic-using targets escape after learning dark secrets about the organization she works for.