I was born in Germany and grew up in Colorado. Like many immigrant kids, I learned my English from primetime TV and the Saturday morning cartoons. My parents spoke to me in German, and -- to their dismay -- I started answering in English before the boxes were even unpacked. I have an A.B. in Classics from Harvard, a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an M.A. from Berkeley in Comparative Literature (with a focus on Latin and ancient/modern Greek).

My fiction has recently appeared or is forthcoming in The Southern Review, Avery Anthology,The Beloit Fiction Journal, Bellingham Review, Green Mountains Review, The Fiddlehead, Rosebud, South Dakota Review, Swink, Storyglossia, Weber and others. I have just finished my first novel and am working on my second.