His books include short stories collections Send Me (2006) and The Dream Life of Astronauts , as well as three novels for young adults: Saints of Augustine (2008), In Mike We Trust (2009), and Gemini Bites (2011).
[2][5][6] His first book was Send Me, a collection of linked short stories that looks at four decades in the life of a dysfunctional family.
[5][6] The Bay Area Reporter called Send Me "a masterfully eventful novel..."[8] while a reviewer at The Seattle Times said it was "a meticulously crafted, immensely satisfying piece of work.
[6][10] Two best teenage friends, one gay and one not, struggle with family issues, drug abuse, divorce, dating, and a rupture in their friendship.
It is a collection of nine short stories set against the backdrop of Florida's space program from the late 1960s to the present.