STUFF ABOUT ME

When I’m not writing, I’m probably drawing, reading, traveling, watching movies or musicals, binging Survivor and The Amazing Race, or trying to claim the fastest mini crossword time in my family.

I’m a Michigander with deep ties to the Finnish-American diaspora in Upper Michigan, which probably explains my fondness for forests, weather, squeaky cheese, and cloudberry jam.

I have a BFA from Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with summer studies at the Royal College of Art in London, England, and Academy of Fine Arts Pietro Vannucci in Perugia, Italy. Besides writing, I’m also an illustrator and designer.

Most recently, my work has been supported by writing residencies at Arteles Creative Center in rural Haukijärvi, Finland, where I enjoyed an old-school, wood-burning sauna in the woods with creatives from all over the world, and met reindeer near the Arctic Circle. I was also a writer-in-residence at Hedgebrook on Whidbey Island, where I occasionally dodged owls while enjoying campfires with a fabulously talented group of women writers from across the USA.

RANDOM STUFF

I love writing to thundering rainstorm soundtracks.