A little about me

Much  of  my writing, both fiction and nonfiction, reflects a bone-deep connection to the landscape and people of northern Vermont. I live with my veterinarian husband in a two-century-old farmhouse a couple  of  miles  from my childhood home. We share our lives with horses, dogs, and chickens.  

Some of my recent publications include a feature article in the AWP Writer’s Chronicle, as well as essays in Yankee Magazine and Subject and Strategy: A Writer’s Reader. I have recently completed a novel inspired by true events in 1816 Vermont, a particularly harsh time known as the year without a summer, and plan to begin drafting a second  novel  —  a generational  continuation of the first one.

My education includes a BA and MA in literature from the University of Vermont, where I am a Senior Lecturer Emerita, and an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. 

The photo montage below reflects our life here in northern  Vermont.  All  photos  taken  by  me.  Not  that  you  would,  but  please  don’t  copy  or  reproduce  without  permission.  Thanks.