I'm a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and the recipient of many awards, including the Iowa Book Prize and a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. A former professor, I was a member of the full-time faculty at Penn State and Franklin & Marshall College, where I taught English and Creative Writing, and a senior lecturer at University of the Arts. Currently, I work one-on-one with students to help them develop and refine the skills needed for success in high school and college writing. I also teach private creative writing courses in poetry, fiction, and literary non-fiction.

I've helped countless students write their essays for admission to college, graduate school, and post-grad fellowships.