In her 40 years as a professional writer, she has garnered many awards for her short stories, which have appeared in several anthologies. Her books include:
Riding on a Rainbow, On Indian Time, Beach People, Normal People are Those We Don’t Know Well, and her award-winning memoir, Riding in the Backseat with My Brother.
SQUID JIGGERS, a multi-award-winning short story, is now her feature-length screenplay based on the story. She has also written six short screenplays: Roommates, Sign on the Bloody Line, Baby’s Gone, Stealing Sobriety, Your Secrets Will Get You High, and Nightmare in a Jar.
Short story Awards:
Willamette Writers Kay Snow short story competition: First Place
American Writing Awards, Finalist, Riding in the Backseat with My Brother
Oregon Writer's Colony 2015. Short Story/script; Honorable mention, Stealing Sobriety. New Millennium Writing Non-Fiction Finalist, Baby’s Gone
Orchid Island (unpublished) was selected for the University of Southern Florida’s anthology. An excerpt from the same novel was selected for the Chick Lit Review.