Published by Penguin Random House, my novel, COVER THE BUTTER, was an Independent Booksellers' Pick, won an Audiofile Magazine award, and was nominated for a Quills Award. My essays appear in FOR KEEPS and HE SAID WHAT? (Seal Press), EXIT LAUGHING (North Atlantic Books), FAITH (Simon and Schuster), and DUMPED (She Writes).  I'm currently working on two more novels set in Ireland and Wales.

 

Literary Agent: Stephany Evans @ Ayesha Pande Literary. 

 

Previously an editor and copywriter for Amazon publishing, I continue to work as a writer and also hold the position of lead production designer in the Innovations and eCommerce Studio at Hallmark Cards.

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Specializing in the publishing industry, I was commended as an illustrator by WRITER'S DIGEST, named Artist of the Month by the Society of Children's Writers and Artists, and was a finalist for the Eric Hoffer (Da Vinci Eye) Award for superior cover design. My clients included Bookmasters, February Partners, McAllister PR, Nancy Berland PR, Greenleaf Group LLC, Friday Project, PageWorks, Tin House, Momentum, Pan Macmillan--and CBS Studios (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL series.) And Ali Smith Photography for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Bloomsbury, and Harper Collins.

 

Both an Irish and British citizen, I live in Missouri with my husband, who was once an African elephant handler, a medical illustrator, and is now a private chef.. We share five sons, two labradors,, two cockatiels, and tanks of freshwater fish.