Ghost Tamer

Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Best Book of 2023

A 2024 IPPY Award Gold Medal Winner

A 2024 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Medal Winner

“Original, hilarious, and completely inspirational.” ―Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author of The House Guest

“Funny, poignant, spooky, and uniquely clever . . .” ―J. T. Ellison, New York Times bestselling author of It's One Of Us

Death is one thing, it's what you do afterward that matters.

Aspiring-comedian Raely is the sole survivor of a disastrous train wreck. Faced with the intense grief of losing her best friend, she realizes that someone is following her―and has been following her all her life. Trouble is, no one else can see him. For a ghostly tag-along, Casper’s not so bad. He might even be the partner Raely needs to fight the evil spirit hell-bent on destroying her.

Raely and her friend must learn why this demonic spirit is haunting Raely and how she can stop him before he destroys her life―and her soul. Which, much to her chagrin, means she needs the help of a psychic (although she’s sure they are all charlatans) and must rid herself of the pesky ghost hunter who’s interested in exploiting her new abilities.

For readers who enjoy Leigh Bardugo’s Ninth House and Clay McLeod Chapman’s Ghost Eaters.

I started writing at a young age and always loved stories that I got lost in and characters who became my friends. I wrote my first novel at thirteen, in pencil, on that gray, recycled paper they had in the ‘90s. I still have the pages. All 636 of them. In high school and college, I also pursued passions in theatre, painting, and piano, and my writing took on a more practical bent. I became a yearbook section editor, which lead to a second degree in Mass Communication. (My first was in Theatre, of course.) I wrote for online publications like CBS Local and Examiner.com before finally starting my first blog. I got serious about fiction writing in 2018 and since then have written nine novels, all with a fantasy or speculative bent.

My debut novel Ghost Tamer was released on September 19, 2023, is an Amazon Editors’ Pick, an IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Gold Winner for Best SciFi Fantasy, an IPPY Award Gold Winner for Best First Book, and a Silver Falcion Award Winner for Best Supernatural and Best Book of 2023. It’s available in Hardcover, Paperback, Large Print Paperback, eBook, and audiobook wherever books are sold. A Dagger of Lightning is a fantasy (with a spaceship on top and a slow burn romance tucked inside) released April 1st, 2025 and is available in Hardcover, eBook, and audiobook. Both titles are traditionally published with CamCat Books.