Swarm of Secrets (edgy YA novel, in revision)
 Sixteen-year-old Cara Demos does not share her mother's dream of having a famous daughter, but her mom's failing health makes it nearly impossible for Cara to quit the beauty scene. Cara's head spins with secrets: her sister's job at a strip club, her disdain for pageants, and her stepfather's uncomfortable glances. As her family falls apart, Cara turns to a group of "unpopulars" who dig animatronics and anti-prom. But Cara will never reach the level of normal that she seeks until she tackles her family's painful past.

 In Her Skin (edgy YA-in-progress that I'm keepin' on the DL 'til it's finished--shhh!) 

Nonfiction

Moll Flanders the Working Woman, an essay on women and class issues using Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders (November, 2009, Western Illinois University, EGO Conference: "Questioning Identity: Representations of Class and Working Class Identity")