Tokyo dog in a kimono
Honors and Awards
Shortlisted for the 2008 David Wong Fellowship at the University of East Anglia for an author writing a book of fiction set in the Far East.
Literary Arts fellowship, 2004.
The Chairman's Award for Faculty Excellence, Marylhurst University, 2004.
Writing residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, Nebraska, June, 2004.
Finalist, best short story on a Jewish-American theme, Moment magazine, 2000.
Finalist for the Bakeless Literary Prize in Fiction, sponsored by Bread Loaf, 1999.
Paul Engle-James Michener Fellowship for excellence of prose style in fiction, Iowa Writers' Workshop, 1996-1997.
MacDowell Colony Fellowship, 1997, The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH.
Winner, Frederick Exley Fiction Competition, sponsored by GQ magazine, 1995.