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About ffrrfr
The Present
I am a recipient of the 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. My stories have appeared in numerous journals, including The Summerset Review, New Ohio Review, Crack the Spine, The Esthetic Apostle, and Salmon Creek Journal. While I was earning an MFA from the University of San Francisco, my novel-in-progress ffrrfr
I am a recipient of the 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. My stories have appeared in numerous journals, including The Summerset Review, New Ohio Review, Crack the Spine, The Esthetic Apostle, and Salmon Creek Journal. While I was earning an MFA from the University of San Francisco, my novel-in-progress ffrrfr was nominated for the AWP Intro Journals Project. I live and write on the Russian River in the Northern California town of Duncans Mills.
With a degree in Rhetoric from UC-Berkeley, I decided to work as a journalist so I could write & travel. This plan worked. As a journalist, I lived in Blythe, Calif., El Centro, Calif., Mexico City, Mexicali, Salinas, Calif., and the Bay Area, with brief travels to Saudi Arabia, Colombia, Puerto Rico and Hong Kong.
I was born in North Carolina at what was then known as Fort Bragg. Soon after, my family moved to Hawaii, then Germany, and then Maryland, and my military family did not stop until I'd lived in 15 different homes and graduated from high school in Waynesville, Missouri.
I've lived on the Russian River for almost 10 years, and it is good to feel like I'm finally home.
The Present
About ffrrfr
The Present
I am a full-time writer and editor. I spend my time on fiction writing, nature and environmental writing, and writing about business and finance. I am a Certified California Naturalist, I am certified in financial analysis by the Bolsa de Valores Mexicana, and I received the 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers.
About ffrrfr
About ffrrfr
About ffrrfr
This site is named after my novel ffrrfr, an Oulipian adventure that explores the question: Do constraints stifle creativity or do they fuel creativity?
ffrrfr was nominated for the AWP Intro Journals Project while I was studying for an MFA as University of San Francisco.