I was born in Beloit, Wisconsin and grew up in Chicago, Illinois. When a teenager I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico. As a child my ambition was to be a ballet dancer and I studied with Comikoff in Chicago, but I think I've always been a writer. As a child, I made up stories to amuse myself. When I was about thirteen I began writing short stories, hoping to be better at something than my sister, who was a very good writer. I'm not sure I am, but I'm published and she isn't.
I attended the University of New Mexico, the College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande and Western States Univers more...
