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. 

Literary  |  Profiles  |  Interviews  |  Reviews  |  Other

• 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

• Margaret Atwood muses on life and writing in memoir "Book of Lives" — The Seattle Times, November 2025
• 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

• Interview: Maddie Ballard, author of Patchwork: A Sewist’s Diary — Hippocampus Magazine, January 2026
• Distance from Trauma by Writing the Memoir Self as a Character in a Novel: A Conversation with Karen Palmer — The Rumpus, December 2025
• Seattle author Sonora Jha on masculinity, disability, and estrangement — The Seattle Times, October 2025
• 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