I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Walnut Hills High School, graduating in the spring of 1999. I moved to Pittsburgh later that same year, attending Point Park College until 2002, when I transferred to the University of Pittsburgh. I graduated from Pitt in April of 2004 with a B.A. in English Writing. Since then, I have spent time in Los Angeles, New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Myrtle Beach, and I currently reside in Rochester, New York. I have written several novels, a screenplay, a comic book series, and many short stories and essays. My stories have been featured in a wide variety of different publications, both online and in print, in the U.S. and abroad.