I’m a young adult fantasy author whose forthcoming debut novel, ‘Saberwing’, is a coming-of-age adventure fantasy sparkling wtih metaphorical magic. Featuring a majestic and opinionated dragon, ‘Saberwing’ blends the class-conflict of ‘POWERLESS‘ with a supernatural mystery worthy of the ‘WEDNESDAY‘ TV series. My work explores anger and how young people from all socioeconomic backgrounds are pressured to perform and conform in an overwhelming, achievement driven culture.

I currently live in the San Francisco Bay area and have been working full-time in the interactive entertainment industry since 2005. I was first introduced to the craft of storytelling in 2008 as an employee of Lucasfilm Ltd where I enrolled in every art, photography, and design class I could talk myself into. Surrounded by visual effects artists from Industrial Light & Magic and video game designers and writers from LucasArts, I attended panel discussions with directors James Cameron, Guillermo del Torro, Michael Bay, and Gore Verbinski. After joining PlayStation in 2013, I began teaching myself the craft of storytelling, helped along in the early day by YouTube video essayists Michael Tucker (‘Lessons from the Screenplay‘) and Tim Hickson (‘Hello Future Me‘).

Inspired by the original ‘Game of Thrones‘ TV series, I imagined what would happen if a protagonist as interesting, underestimated, and powerful as Daenerys Targaryen was taken out of a medieval European context and dropped into a more fanciful storyworld like Harry Potter. The idea was so rich in possibilities that I started to combine elements from other fantasy series such as ‘How to Train Your Dragon‘ and ‘The Hunger Games‘.

In 2016 began outlining ‘Saberwing’ during my lunch breaks, evenings, and weekends, and in 2021 began working with KHM Editing to bring my vision to life on the page.

I am preparing to query literary agents for representation, so if you are interested or have any recommendations I would be happy to hear from you!

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