I am a writer, teacher, and librarian. The nerdly trifecta.

A regular contributor to Medium and Information Today, I have also written for Slate, the Washington Post, Literary Hub, The Reactor (formerly Tor.com), the Missouri Review, the Gettysburg Review, Ploughshares, Creative Nonfiction, and other venues.

My newest book, Just Plain Filthy: The Story Behind Book Banning's Trial of the Century, is now available from Bloomsbury.

In addition, I have spent 20+ years working in government, academic, and private law libraries, as well as teaching academic and creative writing.

More about me: I collect rare books; love football and basketball; live in North Carolina with my wife, two sons, and a dubious cat; have another son in Iowa; and pretend to eat vegetables but really just move them around on my plate.