about meI am an award-winning writer from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and the author of the novels BOY (Dundurn Press), NOTHING BUT LIFE (forthcoming from Dundurn Press in February 16, 2021), SAINTS, UNEXPECTED (Invisible Publishing), as well as the short story collection CUT ROAD (forthcoming from Guernica Editions in 2022). My stories have won THE BRISTOL SHORT STORY PRIZE THE LUSH TRIUMPHANT LITERARY AWARD THE FIDDLEHEAD BEST SHORT STORY AWARD THE WRITER MAGAZINE'S "OUR DARKEST HOUR" PRIZE THE FREDA WALDON FICTION AWARD THE ALVIN A. LEE CREATIVE NONFICTION AWARD THE SHORT WORKS PRIZE and can also be found in such notable publications as The New Quarterly subTerrain The Short Story Advent Calendar The Fiddlehead The Writer Magazine Riddle Fence Litro Magazine The Puritan The Sycamore Review Prairie Fire Magazine EVENT Magazine The Dalhousie Review Hamilton Magazine The Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology The Prairie Journal The New Guard Literary Review The Nottingham Review Urban Graffiti and elsewhere. I have received Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation grants (2018 and 2020), two Ontario Arts Council Works in Progress grants (2017 and 2019), and numerous Ontario Arts Council Recommender/Writer's Reserve grants (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020). I’m also a certified educator with more than a decade of teaching experience, and am eager to help others tell their stories. Click here to see how I can help you tell your story, too! I am a member of The Writers' Union of Canada. |