I’ve been in love with books and words forever and decided at age 7 I wanted to be a writer (see some poems I wrote at that age below). I wrote for the local newspaper as a teen, and filled about a million journals with poems and stories and thoughts.

While I loved writing, I also had bills to pay so after getting my BA in English Lit (with a minor in Economics) from Queen’s University in Kingston and an MBA in Marketing from U of T, I worked in marketing and advertising in Corporate Canada. That’s still my day job today – marketing director, copywriter and website builder for a coaching company.

I grew up in Montreal, Quebec but now live in Newmarket, Ontario and have three (now grown) children: Sarah, Eryn and Trysten. I LOVED reading with them when they were little (our house still has overflowing shelves of children’s books). I ran an online book store called Neverending Stories for about ten years because I loved sharing great books with other people.

While I don’t have any pets right now, as a family we had tons of cats (and mice, fish, turtles and geckos) over the years – all named for characters in books! Our last cat, Merlin, was the inspiration for my very first book, The Chicken Cat.