Who Am I?
I write novels and picture books for children. My young adult novel, Second Chances (Red Deer Press 2021) recalls the frightening polio epidemics of the 1950s, when children were stricken with paralysis or died from this terrible disease. It also addresses the racism and injustices inflicted on residents of Rooster Town, a Metis community in Winnipeg. Second Chances was awarded the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People in 2022.
My middle years novel, City on Strike (Red Deer Press 2019), is set during the turmoil of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. It was shortlisted for the 2020 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.
I also write articles for The Cottager - Lake Country Living and Lifestyle magazine and book reviews for CM Canadian Review of Materials and The Winnipeg Free Press.
I had a great job for more than 25 years as the teacher-librarian in Kindergarten - Grade 8 schools in Winnipeg, where I was inspired by thousands of wonderful stories for children - and by the children who read them.
I'm also a mother of three and a grandmother (Baba) to five. I love to bake (especially bread), to cook and to write about cooking in my food blog, North End Nosh. I love to travel, I'm a voracious reader, and a habitual knitter.
I write novels and picture books for children. My young adult novel, Second Chances (Red Deer Press 2021) recalls the frightening polio epidemics of the 1950s, when children were stricken with paralysis or died from this terrible disease. It also addresses the racism and injustices inflicted on residents of Rooster Town, a Metis community in Winnipeg. Second Chances was awarded the prestigious Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People in 2022.
My middle years novel, City on Strike (Red Deer Press 2019), is set during the turmoil of the 1919 Winnipeg General Strike. It was shortlisted for the 2020 Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People.
I also write articles for The Cottager - Lake Country Living and Lifestyle magazine and book reviews for CM Canadian Review of Materials and The Winnipeg Free Press.
I had a great job for more than 25 years as the teacher-librarian in Kindergarten - Grade 8 schools in Winnipeg, where I was inspired by thousands of wonderful stories for children - and by the children who read them.
I'm also a mother of three and a grandmother (Baba) to five. I love to bake (especially bread), to cook and to write about cooking in my food blog, North End Nosh. I love to travel, I'm a voracious reader, and a habitual knitter.
