About Me
As a literary agent with Aevitas Creative Management, I’ve represented such New York Times bestselling titles as Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth, Marisa Franco’s Platonic, and Amber Share’s Subpar Parks, as well as award winners/finalists such as Lauren Aguirre’s The Memory Thief (PEN / E.O. Wilson Science Writing Award), R.S. Deeren’s Enough to Lose (Michigan Notable Book Award) and Jesselyn Cook’s The Quiet Damage (J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Award).
In 2021, I began taking on clients as an independent editor, working with novelists, memoirists, and academics/experts looking to share their expertise with a broader commercial audience. My editorial philosophy is built on transparency and respect: I offer honest & actionable feedback without shredding a writer’s confidence in the process. I’ve helps dozens of authors refine their query letters, craft their book proposals, and sharpen their manuscripts. Above all, I want to help writers at all stages of the process navigate the murky world of book publishing.
I speak frequently with undergraduate and graduate writing students—including at institutions such as the University of Alabama, George Washington University, Michigan State University, and Harvard University—and have been an invited speaker/panelist at the Faulkner For All Conference in New Orleans, the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, KY, and the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference across multiple American cities.
I hold an MFA from the University of South Carolina, where I was a James Dickey Fellow in Fiction and editor of Yemassee, and a bachelor’s degree from Saginaw Valley State University. I’m a member of the American Association of Literary Agents, a coach at the Detroit Writing Room, and I sit on the Board of Visitors for Wayne State University Press.
Based in Metro Detroit, I spend my free time reading, writing, playing soccer, and chasing after my toddler daughter.