I’m originally from Melbourne, Australia, but I’ve lived in and around Vancouver for 25 years, and for most of those years I’ve worked as a freelance journalist and writer. I’ve worked in the business, city and feature sections of the Vancouver Sun, as the Vancouver correspondent for Marketing Magazine, and as a researcher for CBC-TV.

I have a communications degree from Simon Fraser University, a journalism diploma from Langara College, and hold both the Canadian Securities course and the Registered Representatives designation.

While most of my writing revolves around business, I’ve written about everything from disappearing aboriginal languages to longshorewomen. I love everything about the writing process: the research, the interviews and putting the actual words down on paper. At times it’s exciting. I covered the 1994 Stanley Cup riots for the Vancouver Sun, I’ve interviewed a company president while flying in his private jet, and I’ve written a story from up in a Blimp.

I’m also a mother with a passion for history and heritage houses and I’ve managed to parlay these interests into At Home with History: The Secrets of Greater Vancouver's Heritage Homes (Anvil Press, 2007), The Life & Art of Frank Molnar, Jack Hardman and LeRoy Jensen (Mother Tongue Publishing, 2009) and a guide book called Frommer’s Vancouver with Kids (John Wiley & Sons Canada, 2001).

Awards

Kenneth R. Wilson Awards
2007 Gold – best merchandizing/marketing article “Keep it Real,” Marketing Magazine
2001 Gold – best merchandizing/marketing article “Sizing up the Sizzle,” Marketing Magazine
Silver – best profile of a company “Blast Radius,” Marketing Magazine

City of Vancouver Book Award
2008 Finalist for At Home with History