I am an author and creative writing teacher from Edmonds, WA, a suburb north of Seattle. I’m also a copyeditor, digital marketing professional, and writing consultant. I earned my MFA from Goddard College, where I later helped launch the Lighthouse Writers' Conference and Retreat in Port Townsend, WA. My creative non-fiction appears in the New York Times, Salon.com, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Brainline.org, Bitch Magazine, and elsewhere. My first book, The Shame of Losing (Red Hen Press, November 2018) was nominated for a Washington State Books Awards, a partnership of The Washington Center for the Book (an affiliate of The Library of Congress Center for the Book administered by Washington State Library) and the Seattle Public Library. I have taught at Edmonds Community College, Hugo House and online with Creative Nonfiction Magazine. Read the article Mike Thee wrote about my book at the Seattle University Newsroom.