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 hope you can soon read my debut literary women’s fiction novel, Unexpected, Yet Foreseen. I am also writing an untitled domestic suspense novel, with themes of identity and relationships. 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.

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 few 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!”