2026 marks the year my second novel was published. Bullies and Borscht.

I’ve been a professional writer for more than 30 years. First as a print journalist — writing sports for The Globe and Mail, features for The Medical Post and working the rewrite desk on The London Free Press — then as part of the team that started The Discovery Channel in Canada. 

With a PhD in medical history, I decided to combine my experience and education to run my own communications consulting firm. I specialized in the university, research and medical sectors working with quantum physicists, chemists, arthritis researchers and clinicians and educators.

As part of a mid-life career shift, I began writing fiction. Full-time. Plays. Novels. And short stories. I write in the style I enjoy reading: interesting characters; fast-paced plots; and historically accurate settings. I love doing deep dives into research so the details make the stories come alive.

I’ve also had the pleasure of running writing workshops on long cruise ship journeys with my Scribes at Sea program. It allows me to meet fascinating fellow writers, share our writing, all while seeing the world!

My favourite writers? Marina Lewycka. Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. Janice Kulyk Keefer. Paolo Coehlo. Ian Fleming. Charles Dickens. Jennifer Worth.

When I’m not writing, I love to run ragged on the tennis or pickleball court.