About Me

Since before I can remember, I’ve been enamored by storytelling. Whether it was my Dad telling tales around a campfire, my Mom reading Frog and Toad to me before bed, or the first moment I picked up a Magic Tree House book, there was something truly enchanting there. Authors and Illustrators were my gods, and my greatest dream was always to become one of them.

I’ve been writing since I was about eight years old—first mermaid stories and nonfiction reports on my favorite animals, occasionally a spot of fan fiction, then longer attempts at sci-fi or fantasy books. I rarely showed anyone the fiction I wrote, concerned from the beginning that it didn’t “work,” wasn’t original enough, or was just plain embarrassing. I continued practicing anyway. After many writing workshops and programs, spending way too much time in English classrooms, and of course reading constantly, in 2019 I took the book idea I’d been playing around with and began to turn it into something real. I decided on independently publishing—it works the best for me, as an artist who is inconsolably neurotic about every visual detail. 

One of my most important reasons for writing books is representation. The Keeper Chronicles are queer-normative, as well as full of characters of many colors. I also take great care to write my male and female characters with equality in mind, giving each the same space for a range of emotions, and potential for good/evil or violence/peace. As my female main character falls into an action hero archetype, it is also vital to me that male characters do not question or doubt her physical strength or ability on the basis of gender.

Call Me Keeper is a project I’ve spent countless hours and several years finishing, and is now available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kindle Unlimited, soon to be found in more local indie bookstores and libraries in Tucson, AZ. I am beyond grateful to everyone who has helped me with this accomplishment, whether it was simply encouraging me, or reading along with every chapter as I wrote its first draft. Subscribe below to be first in line with updates on future books. (psst—book 2 is in the works!)