Born and raised in Ithaca, New York, I received degrees at Bryn Mawr College and Cornell University. I live near Washington, DC, where I exhibit artwork regularly at local galleries. I have taught literature and theater at private and public schools and have lived, worked and traveled extensively.

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The novel The Conversation Class: An American in Revolutionary Russia culminates years of research in Russian literature and history. First conceived as a graphic novel, The Conversation Class includes over 30 original print illustrations, reflecting my explorations as an artist and printmaker. Other projects include a series of prints illustrating Thomas de Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium-Eater and two books The Animal Alphabet and The Alphabet of Bad Behavior.