Preferred Pronouns:
She/Her
Educational History:
PhD, University of Sunderland; MFA, Southern New Hampshire University; BA Howard University
Professional Highlights:
- Bram Stoker Award® winner, Superior Achievement in Short Nonfiction, Blacks in Film and
- Cultivated Bias 2025
- The seventh African American winner of a Bram Stoker award since its inception 2025
- First African American female Executive Officer in the history of the Horror Writers Association 2023-2025
- Short story “The Ever After” adapted for film to be part of anthology titled
- Under a Veil of Darkness (Bob Gunner) Anticipated 2027
- Showcased in Madness & Writers: The Untold Truth… Maybe?, Episode 3 Anticipated 2026
- Profiled in black queer vampire film and fiction project, Brandon Callender/Brandeis University Anticipated 2026
- Hypnopompia appeared in Lovecraft’s Brood, edited by Ellen Datlow Anticipated 2025
- Short story, “Next” released in Japan in Night Land Quarterly, vol. 38 Anticipated 2025
- Michael Knost Wings Award 2025
- Imitation of Life was nominated for an Elgin Award 2025
- Bookworm Reviews ranks The Unholy Trinity as one of the top 10 horror books of 2024 2024
- Beyond the Chain (poem) included in The Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen 2024
- Nightmare (poem) included in The Best Horror of the Year Volume Sixteen 2024
- Ignyte Award Finalist for The Fear Horror of Change 2024
- Mentor of the Year Award, Horror Writers Association 2024
- Showcased, English Program, Missouri School System 2024
Fields of Expertise:
Passionate teaching professional, award-winning author and screenwriter, and horror scholar with over 13 years of higher education instruction experience and over 30 years of writing and editing experience (creative, technical, journalistic). Proven ability to build a strong rapport with students while ensuring high rates of retention. Committed to collaborating with students, faculty, and staff to achieve student success. Specializing in creative writing, screenwriting, literature, horror fiction, and composition.