I work in GIS and planning, and write fiction alongside the occasional essay or poem. I am working on finishing a novel, which feels like the world’s longest, slowest dental extraction. I did the MFA program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, which I recommend if you feel any connection to high desert and the Southwest. And write. Them’s good people. I grew up in Michigan and lived in New Orleans for a while during and after college. I’ve moved around a bit, but for now I live in Santa Rosa, California.