If there were one phrase I would use to describe myself, it would be divinely discontent. I used to think that discontentment, unsettlement, and longing were all negative things—that is until I read Kenneth Grahame’s serene The Wind in the Willows.

It is essentially a story about yearning, adventure, and the desire to go beyond the familiar and into the unknown—where both difficult and wonderful things are happening.

That restlessness is why I write stories, and why I keep writing them. I create characters caught between who they are and who they want to be — comedies, thrillers, horror. My scripts tend to live in genre while reaching for something messier underneath.

I grew up loving film the way some people love music — obsessively, personally. That led me to a BA in Film & Media Arts from the University of Utah and an MFA in Screenwriting from Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media.

I believe craft is a bonfire built through consistent effort, and that the best stories are the ones only you can tell.