A deep and enthusiastic nerd, I have a B.A. in English and a B.F.A. in Cinematic Arts: Production from Azusa Pacific University. I studied mythology and contemporary narrative fiction at St. Catherine's College, Oxford University, and I had the pleasure of studying screenwriting under the late Jack Gilbert, who ran the Warner Bros. Writers' Workshop for ten years. My debut novel hit stores on May 12 while Jay, a 20-minute film I wrote and directed, won Best of Festival at the Broadcast Education Association's film festival. My short documentary Steam Vision won an Award of Excellence in Editing at BEA. Ghost Pain, a short story, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and Sacrifices to the Flower Gods, a feature, was a semi-finalist in the Act One screenwriting competition.