Creative Nonfiction Writer, Fiction Writer

Publications & Prizes
Creative Nonfiction
Fiction
Every Father’s Daughter winner of the 2017 Independent Press Award for Best Anthology; 2010 NEA Fellowship; 2010 Fulbright to teach at the University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary; Aftermath Lounge finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award, Montaigne Medal, The Lascaux Book Prize in Short Fiction, and the Balcones Fiction Prize; 2008 Parents’ Choice Silver Honor; 2007 School Library Journal Best Book; Mississippi Arts and Letters Award for Best Fiction (2004 and 2008); Indiana Best Young Adult Book (2005 and 2008);2006 Award for Fiction from the Mississippi Library Association;ALA 2005 Notable Social Studies Book; Booklist's Top Ten First Novel for Youth.; 2 Individual Artist Fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.