Though born in England, he completed his graduate work—an MFA in fiction and a PhD in English and American Literature—at the University of South Carolina, where he co-edited Yemassee, the school¹s literary journal. Before coming to the United States, he was variously a lawyer, French teacher, cycle guide, and piano mover. His work has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies and he was awarded the South Carolina Arts Commission Fiction Award in 2004. He has led workshops in a variety of settings and has also taught creative writing to upperclassmen at USC. He is currently working on a book length memoir about growing up the hearing son of deaf parents.