My debut novel Ivy’s Tree was published by Thistledown Press in September 2020.

I completed a fourth draft of Millicent, the fictionalised account of my great-great-grandmother’s life in London’s East End in the 1850s. My work with this manuscript earned me a Letter of Distinction from Humber College Graduate Certificate in Creative Writing in 2020. This ms is now on its journey to find an agent or publisher.

In 2021, I won Gold, BC Story of the Year, from the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, for "Swimming in the Dark", Folklife, v. 2, Gabriola Island, BC, Canada.

I have a "ready to go" ms, Fort St John, at 88 000 words, also journeying to find an agent beginning in 2023.

In December 2024, I completed the first draft of my work-in-progress, Compost. That's the working title, not my opinion of the draft.

I taught academic and work place writing, story-telling, diversity education, and educating for social justice for 35 years at the University of the Fraser Valley. I retired as Director, Teaching and Learning in 2014; I received the rank of Professor Emerita in 2015.

In 1996 I completed my third novel, Lifeskills, which so far has earned 18 letters of rejection.

My writing has always been a passionate outlet for the “what if” aspect of my personality.