Recent Published Work

Hazlitt: The Big Coin Heist

It was a piece of currency so large it seemed unimaginable anyone would try to steal it. But that was part of the appeal.

Boston Globe Magazine: The Psychic, the Heiress, and the Missing Millions

Vera Pratt moved to the island at age 70 hoping to find many years of happiness. Then she met “Psychic Angela” and her future got a whole lot more complicated.

Truly*Adventurous: Family Business

A young man returns home from the army and gets a surprising offer from his emotionally distant father: Join the family business and help mom & pop pull off a string of daring cross-country heists. No one expects the betrayals coming.

Popular Mechanics: The Great Star Wars Heist

In 2017, an uncovered toy theft ruptured the Star Wars collecting community. Two years later, the collectors—and the convicted—are still looking for a way forward.

Men’s Health: Who’s Afraid of a Gay He-Man?

How the iconic 1980s action figure helped generations of kids role-play in different ways.

The “It” Factor: How One Couple Took a Serious Shining to Stephen King

Meet Stu and Penney Tinker, who helped put King’s hometown of Bangor, Maine on the map.


Previous Work

Pacific Standard: War of Words

From novels to comic books, writing fiction is helping veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan process the unspeakable—though sometimes the horrors that re-surface are almost too much to bear.