About Me

I adore variety in my life. I'm a YA author, one-girl-band, web/graphic designer, video editor, and marketing coordinator. I live in Portland, Oregon with my ten guitars, supercool bf, and a fluffy cat named Maestro.

I'm as passionate about editing as I am writing. Troubleshooting a manuscript is a huge rush, especially when it means turning a manuscript with a lot of potential into an unforgettable story.

My resume includes:

• Author of HARMONIC FEEDBACK (OCTE Oregon Spirt Book Award Winner, YALSA Best Fiction For Young Adults 2011, Cybils Finalist 2010 and CBC Best Children's Books 2011) and AMPLIFIED (Fall 2011) Both books are published by Henry Holt--an imprint of Macmillan Kids.
• Former intern for Susan Hawk(Middle Grade & Young Adult fiction) at the Jenny Bent Agency
• Creative Writing classes at UC Santa Cruz
• Former bookseller
• An avid reader and lover of YA fiction

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