My wartime novel Bird’s Eye View is fact-based fiction about a prairie farm girl named Rose who becomes an aerial photo interpreter, inspired in part by the brilliant, beautiful Constance Babington Smith.
Our driving tour of southwest Saskatchewan unveiled some real hidden gems, and here are my personal top ten. Welcome to Letters From Windermere, where I write about: HISTORY: mostly Western Canada history. WRITING: info about my writing journey. BOOKS: one book recommendation each month. Letters From Windermere is free and will always remain free! * […]
Since so many readers ask me how and where I work, here’s a capsule version of a typical day in my writing life.
In my novel Wildwood, my heroine Molly inherits an abandoned farmhouse in northern Alberta with no electricity, and faces the challenge of using an old-fashioned cookstove.
A foursquare farmhouse, inspired by my passion for old houses and modelled after a 1924 catalogue home, is the setting for single mother Molly and her little girl Bridget in my bestselling novel, Wildwood.
We moved to Invermere, British Columbia thirty years ago, and have never looked back. The iconic Sinclair Canyon marks the entrance to our magical mountain valley.
I’m delighted to unveil this gorgeous new cover for Bird’s Eye View, my wartime novel, coming in November.
I attended the 2026 San Miguel Writing Fest in Mexico — my very first writing conference, and it was a big one!
I’m delighted to unveil this new cover for Wildwood, my novel about a single mother who inherits an abandoned farm. Coming in April 2026, the book can now be preordered at any bookstore.
A Christmas medley of milestones and memories — plus one mouth-watering holiday recipe.
