My career has spanned numerous areas of the writing and publishing world: I have served as a professional editor, a writing professor, a collaborative writer, and a bookseller. My work is fueled by the belief that fresh ideas, uncommon perspectives, and the stories we use to share them carve the path to a better world. I join my love of idea development with my deep commitment to creating compelling narratives that spark new ways of thinking.

Whether working with memoirists, novelists, or public intellectuals, I help my clients forge unconventional connections between their ideas, develop innovative structures, and craft stories that will inspire the minds and capture the hearts of readers. My clients have gone on to gain the attention of agents and publishers at the forefront of the industry. I have also contributed narrative consulting and development on a story being made into a feature film with Netflix.

I hold a BA in Creative Writing from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland. For nearly a decade, I was an English professor and writing coach at Columbia University, Fordham University, The City University of New York, The Fashion Institute of Technology, and in youth programs at Johns Hopkins University. I developed and taught courses including advanced research-writing in the fine arts and design fields, speculative fiction and fantasy literature, and essay-writing on themes including protest and dissent, urban studies, and pop culture.

I also worked as a bookseller and publicist for independent bookstores, as a publicity consultant for authors and small presses, and as an editor for numerous journals, where I learned what makes a publisher pick up a book - and what makes a reader buy it.