A Hoosier (Indiana) native, I spent part of my upbringing in Japan before completing my education in the Midwest. I have been working in psychiatry for over 15 years in Seattle, where I maintain a private practice.

Fiction writing stemmed from my desire for a creative outlet. After writing thousands of pages of medical notes, I shifted to storytelling and translating my personality to my main character’s voice.

I have written upmarket women’s fiction, Questionable Choices, with themes of exploring identity, navigating marital tension, and the joy of female friendships and motherhood. I intend to query literary agents the latter half of 2026. As a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, I have partnered with amazing women authors, including in workshops and a critique group, and also have attended multiple classes through Hugo House, an independent writing center in Seattle. I’m also a member of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP).

Though I write fiction, I also draw inspiration from the prose of nonfiction and memoir, including Thomas Fuller’s The Boys of Riverside: A Deaf Football Team and a Quest for Glory and Elizabeth Miki Brina’s Speak, Okinawa. Some of my favorite fiction from the last several years includes Amanda Churchill’s The Turtle House, Garth Greenwell’s Small Rain, Rebecca McKanna’s Don’t Forget the Girl, and anything by Jasmine Guillory or Kevin Kwan.

A graduate of Indiana University and the University of Michigan Medical School, I am a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist. I live in Seattle, WA with my family, including two boisterous boys, for whom I keep resisting getting a dog. “Not until we are done traveling!”