CONFERENCES AND FESTIVALS
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2023
Author panels:
Using Authentic Stories About People with Disabilities to Advocate and Be Inclusive of All Students
Neurodivergent and Disabled Authors and Author-Educators on Kidlit
North Carolina School Library Media Association (NCSLMA) 2023
Author panel:
Facing Fear Through Fiction: How Young Adult and Middle Grade Authors Explore Anxiety and Building Empathy in Books for Teen and Tween Readers
Author Alley
nErD Camp PA 2023
Author panel:
Neurodivergent Authors Geek out About Neurodivergent Rep in Kidlit
Why Neurodivergent and Disability Representation Matters in Kidlit
SCBWI Ohio North 2022
Author panel: Creating Compelling Kidlit Characters with Disabilities
mErD Camp PA 2022
Author panel: Creating Compelling Kidlit Characters with Disabilities
Virginia Festival of the Book 2022
Author panel: Family, Friends, and First Love: Young Adult Fiction
SCBWI Carolinas 2022
30th Birthday Program Presentation: Writing What You Know
World Brain Day 2021
WriteOnCon 2021
SCBWI Central East British Isles 2020
SCBWI Carolinas Conference 2020
School Library Journal Author Panel 2020
WriteOnCon 2020
Sterling Publishing
LIST OF TEN, #own voices young adult novel. An account of a teen living with Tourette syndrome and Obsessive-compulsive disorder and contemplating his own mortality. (Sterling Teen, Spring 2021)
SCBWI-Carolinas Seventh Annual Writing Contest
LIST OF TEN (YA) - Third Place
September 2016
SCBWI-Carolinas Sixth Annual Writing Contest
RILEY COOPER TWEEN INVENTOR (MG) - Third Place
September 2015