As a child, I loved to disguise myself while searching for lost treasure. I was the kid who liked hiding notes for family and friends… and who spied from a safe distance while my words were found. Flash forward 35+ years, and I’m still in love with collecting, uncovering, and arranging words on a page and surprising people (myself included!) while leading Creative Writing Circles in schools, libraries, bookstores, hospitals, and around my dining room table.
I received my M.A. in Writing from the University of San Francisco where I studied with poet Jane Hirshfield, and my B.A. in English/Creative Writing from California State University, Chico. My poems have been published in anthologies and literary magazines,including Ploughshares, Poetry East, Rockhurst Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Heartlodge, Pilgrimage, Poetry Daily and elsewhere. A recipient of a few awards, grants from The Marin Arts Council, and residencies and fellowships from Hedgebrook and Djerassi Resident Artists Program, I live north of the Golden Gate Bridge with my husband, nine year-old son, and a cat named Clive.