Additional info: *M.F.A. The University of Idaho *B.A. The University of San Francisco *Former Bookseller at The Tattered Cover in Denver and Brookline Booksmith in Boston. *Resident writer at Centrum (WA), the Vermont Studio Center (VT), and the Yaddo Colony (NY) *Writing and literature professor at a number of colleges, including the University of Idaho, Emmanuel College, Bay State College, the University of Lodz (Poland), and since 2003, Big Bend Community College in rural Washington state. *Lectures/Presentations at conferences & arts venues on Literary Mystery fiction, Literary Genre fiction, Creative Writing, Narrative Structure, and the Writing/Publish Process.