Education

Ph.D. , Nebraska (Lincoln)
M.F.A. , Iowa
B.A. , Southern Illinois (Carbondale)

Area(s) of Specialty

Creative Writing (Fiction)
Contemporary American Fiction
Wake Forest Reading Series

Contact Information

Office: B302 Tribble Hall
Phone: (336) 758-3366
Email

Personal Website

Courses Taught at WFU

ENG 111 The University Experience: What is It?
ENG 111 A World of Crime
ENG 286 Fiction Workshop
ENG 398 Advanced Fiction Writing

Selected Publications

When I Was a Loser, The Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2007.

America's Report Card: A Novel, The Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2006.

The Book of Ralph, The Free Press/Simon and Schuster, 2004.

“Humor Incarnate.” Winding Road: Essays in Writing Creative Nonfiction, a textbook edited by Diane Thiel (Longman), 2007.  Essay.

 “I See Johnny.” Virginia Quarterly Review, 2007.  Short story.