I studied English at the University of Iowa, with a focus on writing and a semester in the Undergraduate Writers Workshop in Fiction. I pursued screen writing in Los Angeles, but ultimately felt most satisfied when a project's final product was the written word. So I wrote and self-published a novel, Deuced, that drew on my personal experiences in Hollywood as well as the existential horror I felt drawn to by the novels of Sartre. I have worked in journalism for years, including an editorship at the Los Angeles Times. I have been published in Opium Magazine, Ta more...