Bio

I can't recall a time when I wasn't writing—in journals, notebooks, on napkins—or, failing that, reading. Growing up the seventh of eight kids (and one of only two girls) in the Chicago suburbs, I was never short on inspiration or trauma from which to draw. My family, led by two fiscally conservative yet liberally creative public school teacher parents, celebrated the arts, music, sports, and all things performative. My compulsion to write and read offered the quiet solitude and excuse to observe when I needed it, which it still does today.