EDUCATION:
BA, Williams, 1987; MFA, English & Fiction-Writing, University of Houston, 1992.

COURSES TAUGHT:
New American Fiction, Memoir Tutorial, Writing Short Fiction, Writing About Short Fiction, Workshop in Memoir, Techniques in Reading, Expository Writing, Lying About The Truth(tutorial), Family Matters, Fiction Writng and Kids (Tutorial).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
"What I Found Out", memoir excerpt, Vogue, "Popular Girls," short story, The Atlantic Monthly, An Empire of Women, novel, Putnam, "Mainland" (novel excerpt), Southwest Review (Spring, 1994); "Jerks" (short story), Mississippi Review (Fall, 1995), The Bad Boy's Wife(Novel), (St. Martin's Press, 2002), Don't I Know You?(Novel) (William Morrow, Due out May 2006).

PRIMARY FIELDS OF INTEREST:
Fiction/Personal Essay Writing, Contemporary Fiction, Autobiography, Asian/American Fiction

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