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Victoria has been a full-time professional editor since 2016 and has worked with genres including literary fiction, suspense, horror, thriller, romance, historical fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, and memoir. She adores any work that blends genres.

Victoria's short fiction has appeared in more than forty publications, including A Journey of Words, Apeiron Review, FLARE: The Flagler Review, NonBinary Review, Sweatpants & Coffee, Synaesthesia Magazine, Torrid Literature Journal, and Unbound Octavo.

​She is passionate about Appalachian culture, and most of her writing is set in the South. Her stories often include literary and suspense elements. She is represented by Sandy Lu of L. Perkins Agency. She is also the author of ​Craft Your Query: A Workbook and Edit Like a Pro: A Self-Editing Guide.

Victoria holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Campbell University, where she graduated with honors while playing D1 softball. She received the Clara Booth Byrd Award for Creative Writing and the Big South George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence.

Victoria is an active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, the Knoxville Writers' Guild, and the Tennessee Mountain Writers. She is also a founding editor of the Revise & Resubmit (#RevPit) pitch contest.​

​My home is East Tennessee, where I live in a cabin with a husky named Rocket. An editor by trade, I spend my days buried in manuscript pages and my evenings cradling the spines of well-loved books. I devote as much time as possible to backpacking the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Nothing sets my spirit right quite like being in the woods.

My writing career began in first grade with a horror story a bit too gruesome for a six-year-old. I published my first piece during my junior year of high school. I played softball for eighteen years before losing my senior collegiate season to a severe concussion, an experience that tested me and reshaped my identity.

I'm a die-hard Yankees fan. I love dark chocolate and dark coffee. I have a slight obsession with Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And I will always choose vinyl over digital.