writes

 in West Michigan, where most all his work is set.

Before fiction, he worked in libraries, pizza joints, and music ensembles.

When not writing, and sometimes when, he teaches at
Michigan State University. Previously, he taught creative writing at
Western Michigan University, where he went to graduate school
and was a copy editor with New Issues Poetry & Prose.

He works studiously upon
two short story collections and two novels,
one or more of which are finished.















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