I had a bit of a . . . complex reaction to receiving some candy from an anonymous colleague. I wanted to express how I felt about it, because, Hey! That’s what I do! But school didn’t seem to be the right place to go into it, and neither did facebook. And then I thought, Ah hah! I have a blog! This is what blogs are for! . . . Except that the general readership I’m trying to attract probably wouldn’t be interested in my blargy thoughts on this, so that’s why it’s password protected. If you know me well and really want to know, the password is the last name of the school director when I was first hired to teach in this town.
Who I Am
I’m a Nebula, Hugo, Sturgeon, and Locus Award-nominated author of fantasy and science fiction. My stories have been published in Uncanny Magazine, Lightspeed Magazine, Strange Horizons, and many other venues, and reprinted in various Year’s Best anthologies. My debut middle grade novel, Benny Ramírez and the Nearly Departed, is scheduled for publication from Knopf Books for Young Readers in spring of 2024. My novel-length fiction is represented by Cameron McClure of the Donald Maass Literary Agency.