Word Portfolio

Nonfiction:

• “Character as Setting,” classroom strategy article using research interviews with authors of young adult fiction, Florida English Journal, 2021 (no online publication)

• “Puzzles,” memoir, War, Literature and the Arts, 2019

• “Introverts in the Classroom,” article, National Geographic’s Education Blog, March 26, 2019

• “On Gun Control: We’re Missing the Forest for the Trees,” essay, Sinkhole, 2018

• “Violations,” featured essay in BioStories, February 2016; included in Winter/Spring 2016 Anthology

Fiction:

• Chapter One of The Envious Moon won Honorable Mention in the children’s/young adult category of the 92nd Writer’s Digest Annual Competition, 2023

Interviews:

• Craft conversation with Andrea Rinard, author of Murmurations at Tombolo Books, October 2023

• Research with 30+ authors of young adult novels through the University of South Florida Education Department, 2010, 2011, and 2019

Thank you in five languages; photo by Wilhelm Gunkel on Unsplash