I found out I was gay at a Christian performing arts camp. I was thirteen years old, smack-dab in the middle of Amish Country, PA, and all of a sudden, I had to become an adult—because all of the adults in my life didn't know what to do with me. But don't worry, because within a few months, I discovered the TV show LOST. And something about it—perhaps the show's characters "coming out" with their own shames and secrets, well—
It became my first dangerous obsession, because it led to my career.
Now I'm a TV writer living and working in Los Angeles. I write high-concept drama and dark comedy with an inclination for complex queer characters, coming-of-age stories, and the surprisingly vibrant queer world before Stonewall.
And no, I am not Amish.
OTHER OBSESSIONS
The ongoing feud over Vertically-Aligned Nanotube Array (VANTA) Black
Hell-bent high school show choirs (personal experience)
The contemporary high art world and all its absurdity
9/11 (I was in third grade)
Pre-Stonewall queer life (expertise: Victorian era, Pansy Craze, Harlem Renaissance through the 1940s)
The effects of Silicon Valley, social media, and tech company insanity
CREDITS
*UNANNOUNCED* (2023)
staff writer
FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC: THE ORIGIN (2022)
staff writer
“Part 3: The Murderer” (teleplay by) / (television story by)
Lifetime / A&E Studios
BH90210 (2019)
episode 4: “The Table Read” (written by)
FOX / CBS Studios
JANE THE VIRGIN (2019)
writers’ assistant
The CW / CBS Studios