Press

Honors, Awards & Recognition

• Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award Nominee (Just Right Jillian)
• Cooperative Children’s Book Center’s best of the year list, CCBC Choices 2023  (Just Right Jillian)
• Bank Street College of Education’s Children’s Book Committee’s Best Children’s Books of the Year 2023 (Just Right Jillian)
• AAMBC Literary Award Nominee (Just Right Jillian)
• Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection (The Many Fortunes of Maya)
• Kirkus Starred Review (The Many Fortunes of Maya)
• Publishers Weekly Starred Review (The Many Fortunes of Maya)
• TIME for Kids | Spring Reads Grades 3-4 and 5-6 (The Many Fortunes of Maya)

Interviews & Features

Fox 5 GOOD DAY ATLANTA - Atlanta life coach releases debut family-friendly novel

WABE 90.1 FM CITY LIGHTS with Lois Reitzes - Former Atlanta educator tackles shyness and self-esteem in debut novel, 'Just Right Jillian'

NORTHSIDE NEIGHBOR - Former Atlanta area teacher pens book on love and shyness

TEEN LIBRARIAN TOOL - Inventing the Wheel: Behind the Scenes of THE MANY FORTUNES OF MAYA

Reviews

Kirkus Starred Review

PW Starred Review

Booklist Review

Kirkus Review