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I live in Minneapolis, MN, with my wife, and two children.

I’ve lived all over and had wicked adventures. I grew up in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, and lived since in Boston, Seattle, San Francisco, Germany, Russia, Montana, and Pennsylvania. I’ve dug ditches, taught skiing, worked on a tallship, waited tables, and ran a political campaign. I have an MFA from the University of Montana, was an honorary delegate at the 2008 DNC, and worked as an editor for NBC Sports at the 2012 London Games. I like the Red Sox and pizza.

By profession, I’m a technical and marketing communicator in the tech industry. By spirit I am a writer. I’ve written for local papers, magazines, wrote political blogs, and am working on a novel.

My current project is Story North, a podcast celebrating the storytelling arts. Co-hosted by Jeff Kamin, who runs the Twin Cities’ best – and most popular – book club, Books & Bars; and Kim Todd (my wife!), author of “Tinkering with Eden” and “Chrysalis,” and professor in the University of Minnesota’s creative writing program; the podcast covers just about anything to do with the narrative form. Post-apocalyptic stories…fairy tales…television…you name it, we talk about it.