About me

I’m a fiction writer, essayist and screenwriter.

My stories have appeared in magazines and anthologies in the United States, Europe, Australia and Japan, won the Astraea Award and been finalists for the Nebula and James Tiptree awards.

My novel Solitaire is published by HarperCollins Eos. Solitaire is a New York Times Notable Book and a Borders Books Original Voices selection, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Spectrum and Endeavour awards.

My first collection, Dangerous Space, is published by Aqueduct Press.

My story “Alien Jane” was adapted for television. A film adaptation of Solitaire is currently in development with Cherry Road Films, and I’m handling the screenplay revisions.

I’m a staff writer for @U2, the world’s most popular U2 fan website.

I attended the Clarion Writers’ Workshop in Michigan in 1988, where I met my partner, novelist Nicola Griffith.

I have a BA in theatre performance. I’ve hosted a syndicated radio program, crewed on more than a hundred live television sports and entertainment broadcasts, delivered flowers, built stage sets, and performed guerrilla theatre in a bikers’ bar. I had a corporate career in planning, facilitation, organizational dynamics and project management, most recently as a vice president of Wizards of the Coast, publisher of trading card and role-playing games (including Magic, Dungeons and Dragons, and Pokémon).

I am currently creating Humans At Work, LLC, a company focused on basic training for new managers in how to manage human beings. I have a very different business model in mind for the company — stay tuned. The company website is in development now and should launch in early 2008.

I like food, drink, and good conversation. I like music and books and movies. I like to dance. I like a good story. I look for joy.