About
I’m a writer, animator, and knitter. I grew up in Oregon and now live in London.
My debut novel was released in May 2021 by Sandstone Press. My agent is Hattie Grünewald.
My new novel is called George Falls Through Time and will be out in January 2026 by William Morrow. You can preorder it at your favorite bookstore.
Yes, I also have a Substack. You can expect an email from me once every… year? Let’s say a year and then you can be happily surprised when it’s slightly more than once a year.
In 2022 I won an honorable mention in the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest for a short story.
I knit on the internet when I’m bored. My YouTube channel is called RJKnits.
Here’s some of my favorite:
Books
ALWAYS
Anna Karenina, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Folded Leaf, Salvage the Bones, The Magic Mountain
RECENTLY
Confessions of a Mask, Disgrace, The Vet’s Daughter, In The Heart Of The Heart Of The Country, A Distant Mirror, The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion, Rejection, The Emperor of All Maladies, The Sluts, Wolf Solent, Septology, My Loose Thread, Margery Kempe, The City and its Uncertain Walls
AUTHORS
William Maxwell, Haruki Murakami, Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, William H. Gass, Yukio Mishima, Joy Williams
Films
ALWAYS
I Heart Huckabees, Akira, Two Days, One Night; Lost in Translation; God’s Own Country; Nashville; Spirited Away
RECENTLY
The Boy and the Heron, The Card Counter, Godzilla Minus One, The Beast, Challengers, Evil Does Not Exist, Toni Erdmann, Prometheus, Anora, Broadcast News, 28 Years Later, Mulholland Drive, The Neon Bible
Music
Sufjan Stevens, Lana Del Rey, Beyoncé, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Ben Folds, Kacey Musgraves, Mahmood, Lontalius, Addison Rae, FKA twigs, Tove Lo
TV
ALWAYS
Attack on Titan, Absolutely Fabulous, Watchmen, Are You Being Served?, Masterchef, Please Like Me, Happy Valley, Neon Genesis Evangelion
RECENTLY
The Curse, The Traitors, Veep, The White Lotus, Monster