CURRICULUM VITAE

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Innovative, iconoclastic literary novelist dedicated to revolutionizing and revitalizing contemporary fiction. Proven track record of disciplined accomplishment. Committed to reconciling commercial appeal with experimentation and the forging of new aesthetic paths. 

 2022 B.A. in Art History and Visual Studies, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. 

• 3.8 GPA / With Distinction (studies commenced in 2018)

• January 2022-June 2023: Rewrite of début novel and current project, Skinhead Symphony, in retrospective narrative mode. Plot focuses on protagonists Kurt and Apple’s attempts to reintegrate into mainstream society as the decent, tolerant people they have always secretly been, complicated by their national profiles as survivors of Whyte’s Farm, a now-infamous white supremacist compound. 
• April 2020-ongoing: Self-taught guitar, singing and songwriting.
• November 2017-March 2018: Completed first draft of Skinhead Symphony. Plot focused on the experiences of two teenage narrators held hostage by their parents at a white supremacist compound. Final word count: 76,404.  

• March 2018: Writing portfolio shortlisted for Scholastic Art & Writing Award. 

•  September-December 2019: Vice President, Students for Literacy UVic.
• September 2018-April 2019: Classroom Tutor, Students for Literacy UVic.
• September 2017-June 2018: Language Arts & Social Studies Peer Tutor, Esquimalt High School Homework Club.
• September 2016-June 2017: Head Writer, Esquimalt Ink school newspaper.
• February 2016: Library Storytime, Canadian Parents for French.
• November 2015-February 2017: Improv Actor, Victoria and Esquimalt High Schools.