I grew up in a very big family in a very small house in Athens, Georgia

I hold degrees from Cornell and Boston University, and served in the beer-soaked trenches of post-Cold War Germany. My work has appeared in Stars and Stripes, Soldiers magazine, Hallaren Lit Mag, the Wrath-Bearing Tree, and Things We Carry Still, an anthology of military writing from Middle West Press.

I’m a civilian now but still a member in good standing of the military-industrial complex. In addition to writing, I’m a teacher and trainer, and an adjunct faculty member of the Ellyn Satter Institute, a 503(c) not-for-profit that helps individuals and families develop a more joyful relationship to food and their bodies.

My debut novel, Playing Army, is out now from Koehler Books.