I am the author of the chapbook, THE LANGUAGE OF HORSES (Finishing Line Press), and the books, VIABLE: Poems (forthcoming, Five Oaks Press) and LANDFALL: A Ring of Stories (forthcoming, Ohio State University Press). An Associate Professor at Eastern Kentucky University and core faculty member in the Bluegrass Writers Studio Low-Res MFA Program, I live in Richmond with my husband, the writer R Dean Johnson, and our two children.