Shirley was born in Calgary, and as an "army brat" travelled and lived in many places.  She worked in Calgary as a Corporate Administrator and Estates and Wills paralegal for over forty years. She retired in 2007 and moved with her husband Don to their "cabin in the woods" located at White Lake, in the BC Interior. She plans on working with her writing, photography and acrylic painting on a full-time basis. She is the past President and member of the Shuswap Writers' Group and a past member of the Writers Nook. Shirley is currently Secretary of the Board of Directors for the Shuswap Association of Writers. She is publishing her fourth Young Adult  fiction novel, CLIMATE OF FIRE, a Speculative/Dystopian/Science-Fiction/Post Apocalyptic story. Her publisher BWL PUBLISHING INC. asked if she would be willing to write her novel as a trilogy and she agreed. BOOK ONE - SURVIVAL was released on November 1, 2023, BOOK TWO - TREACHERY was released in 2024, and BOOK THREE - THE NEW WORLD was released in 2025-2026.