Hello, Friends!

I am a writer of picture books. A someday award-winning author. A wanderer and wonderer. I love exploring new trails with my wife and pup, exploring new waters on my paddle board, reading (of course), and watching too much TV. I'm also a children's librarian, and have been a camp counselor, barista, hair stylist, and mail carrier. I do not believe in choosing one thing to be when I grow up!

I am an active member of SCBWI and Julie Hedlund's 12x12 Challenge, a graduate of Anderson University and the Institute for Children's Literature's Writing for Children course.

Here are a few of my super favorites! (in no particular order): 

Kid Lit:

The Queen in the Cave, by Juila Sarda; If You Ever Want to Bring A Piano to the Beach, Don't!, by Elise Parsley; The Fate of Fausto, by Oliver Jeffers; Spoon, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Scott Magoon; Moon Pops, by Heena Baek; Circle, Triangle, Elephant!: A Book of Shapes & Surprises, by Mayuko Takeuchi and Meagan Bennett; The Elephant's Child, by Rudyard Kipling & Tim Raglin; The Giggler Treatment, by Roddy Doyle; The House at Pooh Corner, by A.A. Milne; The Inheritance Cycle, by Christopher Paolini; Fortunately, the Milk, by Neil Gaiman; This Was Our Pact, by Ryan Andrews; Tiffany Aching Series, by Terry Pratchett... 

Adult Lit: Saga, by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples; The Sandman by Neil Gaiman; Zen in the Art of Writing, by Ray Bradbury; The Greatest Story Ever Told--So Far: Why Are We Here?, by Lawrence M. Krauss; The Hitch-hiker's Trilogy, by Douglas Adams; all of Sarah J. Maas...

Favorite TV shows: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Owl House, New Girl, Parks and Rec, Arrow, Daredevil, How I Met Your Mother, The Witcher, Hilda, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Over the Garden Wall, ...