My Bio
I grew up in a small mill town west of Boston, Massachusetts. Money was scarce, so my summer vacations weren’t filled with trips to distant places. Instead, books were my getaway. As summer approached, I’d create a long list of literature I planned to read—Shakespeare, Thomas Hardy, the Brontë sisters, or Edna St. Vincent Millay. Inspired by these authors, I’d write.
In college and graduate school, I studied world literature, theatre, and music. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, I began a career in textbook publishing that grounded me in the principles of effective expository writing. You’ll find several of these principles, along with other writing tips, on my Writing Tips page.
After several years, I left my in-house publishing job to start my own business as a freelance ghostwriter, editor, and writing coach. Over nearly three decades, I’ve helped individual, academic, and corporate clients produce books, brochures, podcasts, and more. At the same time, via college classes, workshops, and retreats, I’ve continued to study creative writing, and have published poetry, short stories, and personal essays. See my Publications page. I’m currently working on a book of poems, a collection of linked short stories, and a novel!
In college and graduate school, I studied world literature, theatre, and music. After moving to the San Francisco Bay Area, I began a career in textbook publishing that grounded me in the principles of effective expository writing. You’ll find several of these principles, along with other writing tips, on my Writing Tips page.
After several years, I left my in-house publishing job to start my own business as a freelance ghostwriter, editor, and writing coach. Over nearly three decades, I’ve helped individual, academic, and corporate clients produce books, brochures, podcasts, and more. At the same time, via college classes, workshops, and retreats, I’ve continued to study creative writing, and have published poetry, short stories, and personal essays. See my Publications page. I’m currently working on a book of poems, a collection of linked short stories, and a novel!
