Love Like A Dog
Recipient of a 2014-15 artist’s residency
Roger Brown House in New Buffalo
First Place in the category First Novel
New Generation Indie Awards
Finalist in Animals/Pets Books category
New Generation Indie Awards
Bronze Medal in the Great Lakes Regional Fiction category
15th Annual Independent Book Publisher Awards
Honorable Mention in the General Fiction category
San Francisco Book Festival part of the DYI Convention
(Do it Yourself awards in Film, Music & Books)
Finalist in INKUBATE’s novel competition
(1,200+ submissions, judged by Mary Gaitskill)
Pray for Yourself
San Francisco Foundation Phelan Literary Award
National Endowment for the Arts FellowshipTwo Illinois Arts Council Artists Fellowships
Other Awards
Illinois Arts Council Literary Award
Foreword’s Silver Medal, Best Travel Book of the Year
Editors’ Choice Award: Journeywoman & the Independent Travel Stores Association
Professional Service
2018 Judge, Society of Midland Authors, Adult Fiction category
Five-time Ragdale Foundation’s Selections Committee
Panelist, Lit Panel, State of Illinois, Illinois Arts Council
Grants Judge, Lit Panel, Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Grants Judge, Lit Panel, State of Indiana
Advisory Board, The Guild Literary Complex