For years I worked as a national reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Various postings in this role meant I had the opportunity to live in many wonderful cities across Canada, including St. John’s, Montréal, and Edmonton. I am fluent in English and French and have travelled across Canada, the United States and Europe for reporting assignments. I left the CBC to pursue a graduate degree and hold a Master of Global Affairs from the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.

I started writing fiction later in life. The basic plot of How the Invisible Woman Learned to Fly had been in my head for years, but I needed a good base of life experience before I felt up to the challenge of doing justice to the story. 

One of the central themes of my fiction – invisible heroes – is entirely inspired by the people I interviewed as a journalist. I will always be drawn to the stories of people who accomplish superhuman feats to little or no acclaim.

As for the fantasy elements in my writing, well, why not? I mean, it’s escapism to be sure, but I’ve always been drawn to stories that bring the ordinary and the extraordinary together. And who is to say they don’t co-exist? If you live with a dog, then you already know they are magical creatures. 

I currently live in downtown Toronto with my dog and my long-time partner. I’m a stress baker, and an eager, if unskilled, sailing enthusiast. There is no flying, talking carpet underneath my garden shed, although I keep checking.