Short story collection

ROSE WINDOW is a 50,000-word novel-in-stories about three generations of the Grant family and their efforts to conceal family secrets. Set in pre-war Hastings-on-Hudson, post-war Brooklyn and Manhattan, and contemporary Long Island, the stories explore family secrets that can and cannot stay hidden as history repeats itself in haunting ways. As an episodic collection of stories, each one is told from the perspective of a different family member. From a mother sent off to a mental asylum, to her adult son later trapped in an attic by his wife and children, this collection shows the power of secrets and the lengths we will go to in order to keep them hidden.

Inspired by family secrets I discovered from genealogy research, the interconnected stories center on the Grant family. the stories take place in the early 20th Century to the 1970s in New York City and the Hudson River Valley. Questionable paternity, a stolen car, family hidden in a mental asylum, and a fake kidnapping surface in the stories.

Notable Awards and Publications in Fiction
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• 2018 - Top 10 Finalist in WOW! Women on Writing Winter Flash Fiction Contest. Top stories selected by literary agent Jennifer Chen Tran of Bradford Literary.
• 2018 - Selected as a contributing writer for Craig Johnson's fiction workshop at the Looking Glass Rock Writers' Conference in Brevard, North Carolina
• 2016 - Second Place ($250) WOW! Women on Writing Summer Flash Fiction Contest
• 2015 - Honorable Mention in Fiction Carolina Woman Writing Contest
• 2013 - "Tuna Heart" published in Mused Literary Review
• 2009 - Selected as a contributing writer and received a scholarship to attend Melissa Bank's short fiction workshop at the Southampton Writers Conference
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