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I am an award-winning journalist and author of speculative fiction that explores modern-day societal fears.I have a decade of full-time experience reporting on telecom, technology and business IT in the U.S. and Australia. I also specialize in reviewing consumer electronics, video games, film and music. I produce timely, relevant and compelling content on deadline, and have won journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Specialized Information Publishers Association.My latest novel is The Wanderer and the New West, a dystopian western about lawlessness in near-future America. In 2018, Readers' Favorite gave it a gold medal for Dystopia Fiction, while the National Indie Excellence Awards awarded it best Western Fiction. I also received acclaim for my first two novels about government surveillance: We, The Watched and Divided We Fall. I adapted my first novel into a screenplay and have written several short stories.As a journalist by day, I cover the intersection of politics and technology. I am the state and local telecom reporter for Communications Daily, where I've also covered Congress and the FCC. I lived and worked three years in Sydney as senior journalist for Computerworld Australia. I've won multiple investigative reporting awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Specialized Information Publishers Association.I graduated from American University in May 2007 with a major in print journalism and minor in marketing. I was the Entertainment Editor for our college newspaper The Eagle, where I wrote and edited reviews of movies and videogames.