About
Masshole by Birth, New Yorker by Choice, Romance Writer by Passion.
I am a high school teacher of literature and creative writing at Townsend Harris High School in Flushing, Queens. Originally from a small seaside town in Massachusetts, I now live in Brooklyn, NY with my fiance (along with every other queer author), where I tend to many houseplants and dream of the ocean. I have a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English Literature from the University of Rochester and a Masters of Arts in Secondary English Education from Teachers College Columbia University. My nonfiction writing has appeared in Northshore Magazine, Inter, and Catfish Creek: an Undergraduate Literary Journal. Emma by the Sea is my first novel. Feel free to get in contact with me!
Featured Work
Emma by the Sea

Twenty-five-year-old Emma Wilson, tall, blond, and rich, has an enviable life, but her father’s dementia makes it difficult to leave him and their home on Highbury Lane. With her future on hold, Emma turns to her neighbor and confidante, thirty-eight-year-old Dr. Georgia Kostigiris, for advice and comfort and to keep their little world tightly ordered.
All that changes when Georgia's seventeen-year-old niece Cora comes to stay for the summer, invading Highbury Lane with her teen angst, big mouth, and knack for seeing things that Emma wished she wouldn’t. Like the way Emma and Georgia lean on each other. And the way Emma’s eyes track the sway of Georgia’s curving hips. Cora makes it impossible for Emma to ignore her feelings for Georgia, but it’s too complicated, and besides, she’s certain Georgia doesn’t feel the same. That’s how she ends up on a date with easy-breezy Bridget, mired in mixed signals.
Emma and Georgia are perfect for each other, but can they build a future when Emma is avoiding the life and love she truly desires?