She received her BA in Language and Literature from St. Mary's College of Maryland in 1994 and an MS in Professional Writing from Towson University in 1999.

Her debut novel, The Tide King, was published by Black Lawrence Press in 2013 (2012 winner of BLP's Big Moose Prize).

She edited the book City Sages: Baltimore (CityLit Press, 2010),[4] an anthology of Baltimore writers past and present, and published a chapbook, Cross Sections, with Publishing Genius Press in 2008.

Her fiction has been published in journals such as The Collagist, Blue Lake Review, and others.

[6] The Tide King[7] (2013) Close Encounters[8] (2013) Could You Be With Her Now[9] (2013) The Summer She Was Under Water[10] (2017) You'll Be Fine[11] (2021)