Hello! I'm Irene, and I write about female rage, unruly women, and the many facets of the immigrant experience. I've been writing screenplays since I was a wee teen scamping about the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest. But everything changed in 2023, when I began dabbling in fiction. One thing led to another, and since then, I've published a few short stories, started work on two novels, and developed an addiction to Submittable. I'm very grateful to have received support from Yaddo, Tin House, and The Mount + Straw Dog Writers Guild.

For a peek at my published writing, see my selected work. Ask me about languages, mushroom foraging, whiskey, and the time Fulbright sent me to live with a circus in Casablanca. 

Please enjoy this picture of me reading a ghost story in a spooky house.

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