Available for Publication

Falling, approx. 95,000 words (in progress). 2011,1st runner-up, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Award, novel-in-progress. The story of a woman who falls 34,000 feet and lives...

The Long Thirst, 85,000 words, winner, Zola Award, Jean M. Auel Mainstream Fiction; semi-finalist, Faulkner/Wisdom Award, novel. An allegorical tale of a man who transports the body of his dead wife across the plains of Northern India, searching for a village that may not exist. More...

A Fictional Life, 125,000 words, semi-finalist, Faulkner/Wisdom Award, novel. A rough coming-of-age story steeped in the landscape and culture of the far north. More...

Awards

2011 1st Runner-Up, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Award, Novel-in-Progress, Falling. http://www.wordsandmusic.org/2011%20Winners-Finalists.html

2008 Semi-Finalist, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Award, Novel, A Fictional Life. http://www.wordsandmusic.org/finalists.html

2007 Second Place, Fiction, Kay Snow Award, Willamette Writers Conference, Another One. http://www.willamettewriters.com/kaysnow.htm

2007 Double Semi-Finalist, William Faulkner/William Wisdom Award, Novel & Novel-in-Progress, The Long Thirst & A Fictional Life. http://www.wordsandmusic.org/2007%20finalists.html

2004 First Place, Zola Award, Jean M. Auel Mainstream Novel, Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, for The Long Thirst. http://www.pnwa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=10

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