I am a life-long Quebecker, currently living in Westmount.
My first historical non-fiction book, A Bloom of Friendship: The Story of the Canadian Tulip Festival, was dedicated to my uncle who fought in Holland during World War II. It was short-listed for the Silver Birch Award, the Hackmatack Children's Choice Award, and the Red Cedar Book Award.

I was thrilled when I learned that my second historical non-fiction book entitled Island of Hope and Sorrow: The Story of Grosse Île, was nominated for the Red Maple Award. Through the course of my research for this book, I sailed a replica of an immigrant ship called the Jeanie Johnston from Montreal to Quebec City, with a stop-over at Grosse Île. You will find out more about this ship on page 13 of my book. It also appears on my book’s cover. Another exciting thing that happened while I was researching this book was discovering that the ship on which my grandmother sailed from England to Canada in 1907, had made a stop at Grosse Île. Before writing this book I did not know I had a personal family connection to this island, which served both as gateway and graveyard to thousands of hopeful immigrants.

I have also written two more books: Pier 21: Stories Near and Far, which is another historical non-fiction book about immigration, as well as Missuk’s Snow Geese, which is a fiction book about a young Inuit girl, for 4-8 year olds.