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, and a member of the Planning and Presenters Committees for the Word on the Lake Writers' Festival (www.wordonthelakewritersfestival.com) held annually in Salmon Arm. She is also the coordinator and emcee for Cafe Lit, a coffee house which launches the writers' festival. Shirley has recently become a member of Gracesprings Collective. 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.