Since moving to the sunny shores of Panama, writing has become more than a daily ritual—it has become a way of life. Many afternoons you'll find me on the patio of a local café, lost in a story for hours as the world around me quietly disappears.
I write stories where mythology, fantasy, romance, philosophy, and history intertwine, revealing the extraordinary hidden beneath the ordinary. Whether exploring forgotten civilizations, hidden worlds, or ordinary people called to extraordinary destinies, my stories are united by one question:
Who do we become when everything we believe is challenged?
But that isn't just the question my characters ask. It's the question we all ask at some point in our lives.
As a teenager, I was changed by the courage of a young protagonist. That's what stories can do. They inspire us. They awaken our imaginations and, perhaps, even our courage. That's why I write.
I'm currently creating several fantasy worlds, each exploring that question in its own way.
The Last Muse, the first novel in the Bennu Muse series, blends paranormal romance with Egyptian mythology. In a hidden world where vampires and muses have lived in secret for millennia, the last Bennu muse must survive long enough to save the civilization she was born to protect.
The Star Seed Hunter is an epic fantasy trilogy that follows Julion, a young woman whose experiences with other realms have always had a fun quality to them. When she arrives in the ancient Valley of Cheveyo, what was once fun changes. She discovers those adventures were really training in disguise. Somewhere beyond Earth, an empire is quietly enslaving human minds, and Julion must choose between dismissing her magic or accepting that she may be the only one who can stop it.
The Elias Wager is a literary fantasy set in a civilization where art has become humanity's politics, religion, and way of life. What begins as an innocent wager gradually reveals itself to be the opening move in a hidden war, forcing a playwright to question everything his society believes to be true.
The Myth of Heroe is a young adult mythic fantasy about a child taken from the palace at the age of five and abandoned on the savage island of Creeden. There, survival means becoming stronger than the creatures that hunt them—only to discover that the greatest danger was never the wilderness, but the betrayal waiting at home.
All of my novels are currently in the beta reading and editing stage. Throughout this website you'll find excerpts, artwork, and behind-the-scenes glimpses into the worlds I'm creating. I hope you'll enjoy exploring them as much as I've enjoyed bringing them to life.
I'd love to connect with you.
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