I grew up on the north coast of Ohio and studied creative writing and photography at Hiram College. I have thru hiked the Appalachian Trail (2013), Continental Divide Trail (2015), Pacific Crest Trail (2016), Haute Route (2017), and Centennial Trail (2018) and received my M.F.A. in creative writing and environment from Iowa State University in 2020. 

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I write fiction and nonfiction about ecological issues, particularly the ways human animals affect and are affected by the environment: how we see it, move through it, are beholden to it, and the choices it forces us to make.