There is some reason, obviously, that you are drawn to your material, but the way in which you explore it might come to be quite different from what you would expect.

She holds an undergraduate degree from American University and a masters degree from the University of Connecticut. Salinger John Cheever and John Updike. She has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form.