Read my award-winning debut novel, Year of the Amphibian.

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IndieReader Discovery Awards 2019:
- Winner, Best First Book
"A timeless, beautifully written coming-of-age story about transformation and self-acceptance." - 5/5 stars (read full review)
Eric Hoffer Awards 2019:
- Finalist, Fiction
Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2019:
- Finalist, General Fiction / Novel (over 80,000 words)
- Finalist, First Novel (over 90,000 words)

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~ Journal 3 ~

My novel Year of the Amphibian has received a five-star review from IndieReader, and I'm over the moon about it. Especially gratifying is that the reviewer is so perceptive about what I was up to in the novel.

On the reviews listing page IndieReader calls Year of the Amphibian "a timeless, be...

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As a part of my big east coast trip to visit family and friends, I took the IBPA up on their offer to give away books at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington D.C. This event was huge: a cavernous underground space, and endless booths packed with books plus anything publishing-related (like enor...

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As a part of placing as a finalist in two categories of the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, I was invited to an awards gala in Washington D.C. That being on the other side of the continent from Seattle, I might not normally have been able to attend, but it just so happened that I was flyin...

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In June 2019 I went on a short road trip with my mother to visit my sister in San Diego. Along the way we visited Torrey Pines Nature Reserve. The day was overcast, giving everything that coastal 'gray glow'. My mom couldn't make it down and up the rough path to the cliffs so she waited at a bench u...

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I'm happy to announce that the 2019 IndieReader Discovery Awards have named "Year of the Amphibian" as winner of Best First Book for fiction. Hurray! In the coming weeks, a full review of the book will be posted to their site, and it will also be featured in an “All About the Book” interview featu...

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