Awards

Awards for Crooked Lines

• First prize for a memoir in the Overcoming Adversity/Tragedy Category from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards

• Silver Award in the Religious Spiritual Category from the Nautilus Book Awards

• Bronze award in the Personal Adult Non-fiction category from the Independent Publisher Book Awards

• First prize in Parenting/Family Category from the Firebird Award

• Honorable Mention from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards

• Finalist in the Adult Nonfiction category from the Wishing Shelf Awards

Additional Awards

• Gold Wishing Shelf Award - for The Beat on Ruby's Street

• Two-time award winner of the McKnight Advancement Grant for playwrights

• Winner of Minnesota State Arts Board fellowships for playwriting and prose

• Indiana State Arts Board artist fellowship winner for playwriting

• Qualifying Essay Winner, FieldReport

• A Body of Water selected as a play that "broke new ground" by the National Foundation for Jewish Culture