Born in the Niagara Peninsula and now live in Alberta.  Backpacked the world on the Hippie Trail and lived in Australia.  I've been a sales rep, construction, iron worker to assembly lines, boilermaker apprentice, mink ranch hand, and settled on a firefighter career for 32 years. I am now retired and have written a three book firefighter crime series previously published by BWL Publishing.  I've also played drums in a Big Band, smuggler, climbed the Great Wall of China, honeymooned during the Grenada Revolution, snorkeled with a marlin, smuggler into Communist Russia, and egged an Aussie PM—and as they say, much, much more.

I travel widely, manage a writer’s group, do occasional renos, and read profusely. I write travel articles, YA, MG, a DIYs, and have garnered several awards.

Award winning author of juvenile and adult crime fiction novels

Author Shout Reader Ready Award, Honorable Mention, 2023

John Bilsland Literary Award, 2021

Critters Annual Readers Poll, Top 10, Best YA Book, 2019

Canada Book Awards, Winner 2019

Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award, Finalist, 2018

Polar Expressions Short Fiction Honorable Mention 2010

Author Shout, Recommended Read 2024

Fire Bird International Book Award Winner 2024