CHILDREN’S BOOKS

Writing samples:
Books | Children’s Content | Licensing Projects

HUMOR

“Spoiled: A Visual Diary of Compromised Groceries”
Weekly Humorist | read online

“Acceptable Mermaid Skin Tones: A Guide for Racists”
Weekly Humorist | view online

“Guess Who Violated the U.S. Constitution?”
McSweeney’s | read online | download free PDF

“Thoughts on Holiday Self-Quarantine from
Your Unbothered Christian Grandmother”
Slackjaw | read online

“The Best Books to Gift This 2020 Holiday Season”
McSweeney’s | read online

“Socially Distant News from Hollywood”
Slackjaw | read online

“Self-Quarantined: The Adult Activity Book”
McSweeney’s | read online | download free PDF

SHORT FICTION

“When She Wears the Mask”
Ruminate Magazine | read online

”Circling”
The Florida Review

"Crumbs"
The Molotov Cocktail: Prize Winners Anthology Vol. 2 | read online

"Bangle"
Cleaver Magazine | read online

"Paint Chips"
Fairy Tale Review

POETRY

“American Aquarium”
decomp | read online

HONORS

Ignite Film Festival Best Comedy Award, 2022

Picture’s Up! Film Festival Best Screenplay Award, 2022

McSweeney’s Top 20 of 2020
Read an interview about “Self-Quarantined: The Adult Activity Book”

Glimmer Train Short Story Award for New Writers

Speculative Literature Foundation Diverse Writers Grant

The Molotov Cocktail Flash Fiction Award

Pushcart Prize Nomination for “Paint Chips” published by Fairy Tale Review

UC Berkeley Elizabeth Mills Crothers Literature Prize

UC Berkeley Yoshiko Uchida Prize in Fiction