WRITING

I write author profiles, interviews, and book reviews, along with literary work. My writing appears in a variety of magazines, journals, newspapers, and anthologies. Below are links to my  publications. 

My book, No Contact, an anthology about family estrangement, is forthcoming from Catapult in April 2026. 

Peripheral Vision — Under the Gum Tree, January 2025

Where I'm From #134 — Live poem series by Alyson Shelton, March 2024

Fog of Discomfort — Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, edited by Amanda Jaros Champion, Small Harbor Publishing, February 2024

A Needle and a Voice — Sharp Notions: Essays from the Stitching Life, edited by Marita Dachsel and Nancy Lee, Arsenal Pulp Press, October 2023

That Snake —Permafrost Magazine, September 2022

He Bought Us a Farmhouse in the Country — Permafrost Magazine, September 2022

The Pool — Room, March 2018

Ocean Vuong Discusses Latest Novel "The Emperor of Gladness" — The Seattle Times, June 2025

Munchausen by proxy subject of Seattle author [Andrea Dunlop]'s new book — The Seattle Times, February 2025

Seattle author's first novel [The Outlier] explores psychopathy — The Seattle Times, August 2024

Local author Kristin Hannah’s new novel, The Women, takes place during the Vietnam War — The Seattle Times, February 2024

Local author Laurie Frankel on her new novel, Family Family — The Seattle Times, January 2024

The Story Behind the Book: Amanda Peters on The Berry Pickers — The Boston Globe, November 2023

The Story Behind the Book: Emi Nietfeld Went from Homelessness to Harvard, But Not Without Scars — The Boston Globe, August 2023

Sisterly Strife in Scarred Cuba: An Interview with Ivonne Lamazares — Chicago Review of Books, July 2025

Liann Zhang Talks Class Warfare, Toxic Influencers, and the Nature of Villainy — CrimeReads, May 2025

Belinda Bauer on Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking — CrimeReads, April 2025

Bonnie Garmus chats "Lessons in Chemistry" ahead of paperback release — The Seattle Times, April 2025

Ashley Winstead On True Crime Obsession, Amateur Sleuths, and the Weight of Grieving — CrimeReads, March 2025

Author Nicole Graev Lipson unmasks the fictions that shape motherhood — and herself — The Boston Globe, March 2025

Local author’s debut "Nordic noir" novel takes place in Puget Sound [Interview with Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum] — The Seattle Times, January 2025

Wading through Life, Loss, and Ecological Catastrophe: An Interview with Eiren Caffall — Chicago Review of Books, January 2025

Jacquie Pham on Historical Fiction, Colonialism, and "the Many Imbalances that Wealth, Gender, and Power Wield" — CrimeReads, November 2024

Paula Hawkins Talks Art, Feminism, and the Evolution of Her Thrillers — CrimeReads, October 2024 (also featured on Literary Hub)

Louise Erdrich discusses new novel’s inspiration, writing teenagers — The Seattle Times, September 2024

On Self-Reliance and Chosen Family: An Interview with Liz Moore — Chicago Review of Books, July 2024

Henry Wise on Bridging the Inner Divide and Defining Justice in Holy City —

CrimeReads, June 2024

New mystery novel set in fictional Pacific Northwest town [Interview with author Sarah Crouch] — The Seattle Times, June 2024

Ruth Ware on the comfort of thrillers and the novelist's duty to the truth — CrimeReads, June 2024

Gabrielle Zevin discusses video games as art, relationships and success [in Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow] — The Seattle Times, April 2024

Brendan Flaherty explores estrangement, home, and the rippling effects of trauma in The Dredge — CrimeReads, March 2024

Tana French on embracing discomfort, Irish wit, and chosen family in The Hunter — CrimeReads, March 2024

Interview: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Author of Touching the Art — Hippocampus Magazine, February 2024

The Rumpus Mini-Interview Project: Kaveh Akbar — The Rumpus, January 2024

Friendship Sunset: A Conversation with Maria Hummel — The Rumpus, January 2024

Mother, Daughter, Lover: A Conversation with Sarah Blakley-Cartwright about Alice Sadie Celine — Chicago Review of Books, November 2023

Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks and Meta Mystery — CrimeReads, October 2023

Mature Minor: An Interview with Emi Nietfeld about Her Memoir, Acceptance — Mutha Magazine, September 2023

Interview: Jane Wong, Author of Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City — Hippocampus Magazine, September 2023

Intoxicating Forces: An Interview with Michelle Wildgen about Wine People — Chicago Review of Books, August 2023

Reclaiming the Self: An Interview with Kelly McMasters on The Leaving Season — Chicago Review of Books, May 2023

Chorus of Desire: A Conversation with Margot Kahn and Kelly McMasters, Co-Editors of Wanting — Literary Mama, January 2023

Our Many Disconnects: Elise Juska's Reunion — Chicago Review of Books, May 2024

In [Sociopath: A Memoir],  Patric Gagne shows sociopathy in a new light — The Boston Globe, April 2024

Ambivalent Comfort in The Loneliness Files — Chicago Review of Books, October 2023

Life, Unmothered, in Acceptance —Chicago Review of Books, August 2023

Now Reading: I Have Some Questions for You by Rebecca Makkai — Literary Mama, May 2023

Now Reading: Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner — Literary Mama, January 2023

Now Reading: What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo — Literary Mama, October 2022

Now Listening: Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman by Lindy West — Literary Mama, September 2022

Now Reading: Baggage: Tales from a Fully Packed Life by Alan Cumming — Literary Mama, June 2022

Letter from the Editor — Literary Mama, November 2022

100 Words of Writing Advice — Literary Mama, August 2022

Fabric Baskets / Circle Hot Pod Pads — Fat Quarters: Small Fabrics, More Than 50 Big Ideas, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, March 2015

Hexagon Art Tile / Autumn Leaves Skirt — Never Been Stitched: 45 No-Sew and Low-Sew Projects, edited by Amanda Carestio, Lark Crafts, Sterling Publishing, February 2014

Nature and the Creative Process —WhipUp, June 2012

Sunset Birdies — WhipUp, October 2011