My Writing

2023: My current MG WIP is a contemporary that can be comped as Malibu Rescue meets The Vanderbeekers, and my current YA WIP is a rom com.

I’m currently publishing a YA serial novel, TIMING IS EVERYTHING, in my Substack newsletter.

When seventeen-year old Mae Walker finds a box of old 90s mixtapes and a long-forgotten cassette player, she also discovers an unlikely way to travel back in time. By accessing her mom’s memories through the songs they’re tied to, Mae is suddenly able to unravel the complicated story that her mom, who had Mae at eighteen, has been so reluctant to tell. And while watching scenes from her young parents’ high school history and love story unfold before her eyes, Mae finally gets some glimpses of the dad she never really knew. With her best friend across the ocean for the school year, Mae finds an unexpected friend in classmate Javi Gutierrez, a boy who’s dealing with some family drama of his own. As Mae explores her mom’s past, she is shocked when the mixtape memories show her the truths that her mom has kept hidden, and along the way, she finds herself inexplicably linked to Javi, in more ways— and times— than one. Perfect for fans of Throwback by Maurene Goo, Better Than the Movies & The Do-Over by Lynn Painter, books by Morgan Matson and Jenna Evans Welch, and the movie About Time.

I’ve most recently been querying a YA light fantasy. The first chapter was long-listed in Voyage’s First Chapters contest of 2020.

TO BEST THE BOYS x THE SCORPIO RACES in a world inspired by 1900s Greece:

With her home and future dreams on the line, Kassia, 17, teams up (read: fake betrothal!) with a boy from the upper class to compete in a cliff diving competition that’s normally only for boys. Amidst island politics, curfews & high taxes, family drama, a sea that glows, and the discovery of a secret society, they must learn to live out their island’s mantra—courage and grace— to win the competition and redefine the future for themselves and their island, and must maybe, fall in love along the way.

I also recently queried a YA novel (a contemporary rom com):

SKY FULL OF STARS is a dual-POV YA romantic comedy complete at 78,000 words that will appeal to fans of TWEET CUTE, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU, and STAY SWEET. All’s fair in romance and real estate in this gender-swapped YA retelling of You’ve Got Mail, where one summer at the lake has lasting effect on future plans, friendship, and first love for two teens.

My short story, The Follow-Back was published online on Voyage YA Literary Journal.