Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness named a finalist for the American Book Fest Best American Book awards in the Short Story Category

This was such a lovely surprise! It was so nice to hear that my short story collection, Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness was a finalist in the American Book Fest BBA awards, in the Fiction: Short Story category 💗💗📚 grateful to my editor and publisher, Michael Mirolla and the whole Guernica Editions team (including Anna van Valkenburg and Crystal Fletcher and my publicist and dear friend, Heather Wood for being so wonderful) Thank you so much for this lovely recognition 🧡🧡 you can see the full lists, with all the finalists and winners here: https://www.americanbookfest.com/2025bbafullresults.html