Having completed a Ph.D. in English literature (with a specialization in the Romantic Period) at the University of Saskatchewan, Suzanne also holds an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from the University of King’s College in Halifax.  She lives and writes in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, where she teaches part-time at St. Francis Xavier University in the Department of English, as she shares her delight and passion for books with young readers and writers. When not writing, reading, or teaching, Suzanne spends her time outdoors; her journeys into the countryside, during all four seasons, inspire and shape her aesthetic experience of the world.

Suzanne’s creative nonfiction book, The Tides of Time: A Nova Scotia Book of Seasons, was published by Pottersfield Press in 2018.

Her creative writing has also appeared in a variety of journals: Literary Review of Canada: A Journal of Ideas (forthcoming); The Antigonish Review; The New Quarterly; The Dalhousie Review; The Globe and Mail; The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada; and Saltscapes Magazine: Canada’s East Coast.

An enthusiastic book reviewer, Suzanne contributes regularly to The Antigonish Review and The Fiddlehead, as well as to other journals, including Essays on Canadian Writing. Her essays on art exhibitions and visual artists have appeared in The Craft Factor and NeWest Review.

Additionally, in her academic writing, she has published literary criticism in English Studies: A Journal of Literature and Language; Nineteenth-Century Contexts; Christianity and Literature; Romanticism; and Lumen, among other periodicals.