I’m a writer and editor from Las Vegas.
My work has been featured in The Believer, McSweeney’s, The Yale Review, Reverse Shot,The Point, The Baffler, The Nation, and Dirt, among other publications. I’ve attended Short Fiction workshops at VQR and Tin House, as well as the Critics Academy for the New York Film Festival and the Press Inclusion Initiative at the Sundance Film Festival. I’ve also received support from MacDowell and the Nes Artist Residency.
I’m a contributing writer at Defector (formerly at Gawker 2.0), managing editor at Still Alive Magazine, and a bookseller at The Writer’s Block.
My debut novel Observer is out on September 15, 2026.
For literary inquiries, reach out to Danielle Bukowski at Sterling Lord Literistic.
For film and TV, reach out to Danny Hertz at Gotham Group.
For publicity related to Observer, reach out to Vanessa DeJesus at Ecco.
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Contact
paradiddle96 [at] gmail [dot] com
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