Having grown up in the small town of Irvine, Kentucky, I’ve spent most of my life in and around Eastern Kentucky, aside from three lovely years I spent living in the Phoenix, Arizona area. I am currently completing my seventeenth year in the classroom—I spent a decade teaching high school students and am now completing my fifth year with middle schoolers. I’ve been an avid reader and writer my entire life, and I earned my MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Kentucky University’s Bluegrass Writer’s Studio. I’ve had small pieces published in literary journals such as West Texas Literary Review and Mom Egg Review. My first novel, Doomsday Dani, was published by Orange Blossom Publishing in March of 2023. It went on to win Gold for Best First Chapter Book in the 2023 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. My second book, a short story collection entitled A Mess of Monsters will be published by Orange Blossom Publishing in September of 2026.