Works in progress
Below is a full list of my picture book manuscripts, in the order they were written:
Cowboy Surfer (published in Western Colorado Voices [literary anthology], 2025): Ben wants to be a surfer but he lives on a ranch high in the Rockies. How is he going to make his dream come true?
Twelve Moons (published in The Write Launch [literary journal], 2025): Concept book about how kids experience the seasons in the Colorado mountains.
Cootie Catcher (in revisions): June moves to a new town and figures out how to make friends with some help from a magical cootie catcher (paper fortune teller).
Disappearing Act (in revisions): Maya’s house burns down in a fire. How will she make sense of what’s happened?
Night Mares (published in Quotidian Bagatelle [literary journal], 2026; preparing to query): Ghost horses are attacking Lucia. Can she figure out a way to tame them?
Taos House (in revisions): Mom might hate our quirky house, but so many interesting things happen here!
The Cappy Burro (in revisions): A capybara in search of hot springs to call his own. A resourceful burro. An unlikely friendship.
The Owl and the Pussycat (in revisions): A loose prose retelling of the classic children’s poem.
Ski Season (in revisions): Concept book that captures the joy of being on the mountain.
Dog Biscuit Heist (complete, preparing to query): A pug wants treats and assembles a rag-tag team to get them.
Cut From a Different Cloth (complete, preparing to query): Reverie is making perfect clothes for her doll using magic thread. But what happens when the thread gets bossy?
Otter Mayhem (in revisions): Otters are stealing surfboards and wreaking havoc on Solomon’s surf sessions. Can he find a way to make them behave?
Calliope Pipes Up (in revisions): Calliope falls in love with the music coming from the philharmonic’s summer lodge down the street. But what happens when the music goes away?
The Tree Hunters (in revisions): Nonfiction/concept/holiday book focusing on a family tradition of harvesting Christmas trees from the forest.
Banned From the Kitchen! (in revisions): Audrey’s being forced to stay out of the kitchen. She puts her sleuthing skills to work to figure out why.
Loaded for Bear (in progress): A young boy brings everything he can think of to the camp out. His over-preparedness may just save everyone.
