在美国纽约州首府奥尔巴尼出生，毕业于奥尔巴尼纽约州立大学，后在塔夫斯大学（Tufts University）获得博士学位，专攻英美文学。1979年至1985年期间，为西蒙斯学院儿童文学研究中心（Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature）的教授及主管之一。1987年，与他人共同创立了新英伦儿童文学基金会（Children's Literature New England），现时亦是国家儿童图书及读写素养联盟（National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance）的董事之一。
Scarecrow (2001), a story about how the Scarecrow from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes into existence, published in Half-Human, edited by Bruce Coville.
Fee, Fie, Foe et Cetera (2002), a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, published in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
The Oakthing (2004), published in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
Chatterbox, published in I BELIEVE IN WATER: Twelve Brushes With Religion (HarperCollins, 2000)
The Honorary Shepards (1994), published in Am I Blue?:Coming Out From The Silence edited by Marion Dane Bauer (HarperCollins, 1994)
Beyond the Fringe (1998) published in A Glory of Unicorns, edited by Bruce Coville
The Seven Stage a Comeback (2000) published in A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold fairy Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (Aladdin Paperbacks, 2000)
Matchless: A Christmas Story (2009)
非小说
Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation (2009)
