Degree Information
MFA, Writing, Columbia University 1988
BA, cum laude, Columbia University 1986
Courses Taught
- College Skills (COS101)
- Writing II (ENG081)College English I (ENG101)
- College English II (ENG102)
- Technical Writing (ENG227)
- Masterpieces of Science Fiction (ENG216)
- Information Literacy (LIB111)
Primary area of expertise
Fiction writing (novel & short story), English composition and rhetoric, English literature,
technical writing, screenwriting
Honors and Awards:
Essay, “Notes from the Country Club,” selected for The Best American Essays series,
edited by Annie Dillard (Houghton Mifflin)
Publications and Presentations Novels:
- Rush (Random House),
- Notes from the Country Club (Houghton Mifflin),
- The Catch (Doubleday),
- Wanted (St. Martin’s Press),
- The Devil’s Backbone (St. Martin’s Press).
- Essays, book reviews, and interviews have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Texas
Monthly, New York Newsday, Chronogram, and numerous literary magazines and anthologies.
- Moderator, Fiction Panel, Woodstock Bookfest 2017
- Moderator, Ulster Community College Foundation, Ellen Robbins Poetry Forum, 2016
- Reader (with Abigail Thomas), Herbert H. & Sonia P. Reuner Library Writers Series,
2015
Volunteer Work or Group Affiliations:
PEN America; Authors Guild; Writers Guild of America East; OpenSUNY Center for Online
Teaching Excellence (COTE) fellow; Stone Ridge Library Fair volunteer