A very long time ago when I was in high school I had to submit an essay on the Theory of Phlogiston.  I did say it was a long time ago! I must have skipped school the day my teacher decided to illuminate our young minds on that particular subject, because my eyes glazed over and my brain went “Oops” as I stared at the blank piece of paper in front of me.

Well, I could either sit for hours in a very uncomfortable hardwood chair and do nothing, or I could emulate the writers I’d recently discovered in the very limited Science Fiction section of the school library. If Bradbury and Asimov could do it, so could I. I wrote my first Science Fiction story.

I handed in my essay and I caught a glimpse  of the teacher’s face as I left. She appeared to turn rather pale. From the hall I heard a bark of what I hoped was laughter but feared to be an incipient heart attack. I thought I was done for, but with head held high I walked along with the other students, and we chatted nervously on how we thought we’d done.

I received my essay back the next day. The teacher had written across the top, ‘Don’t ever do this again.’ Across the middle, ‘Well done.’ And in the bottom left-hand corner was scrawled in big red letters, an ‘A’!

That was the moment my career as a writer of Science Fiction and Fantasy began.

I was born in England, grew up in Australia, moved to Canada in 2004 and married the love of my life. I’m a writer and shaman, a bicyclist and a feminist. I’ve been an architect, a seamstress, an athlete and a field hand.

Writing is my passion and my profession, novels specifically, short stories occasionally, and always with lesbian characters.

I published my first novel ‘Mortal Instinct’ in September 2011, and am currently working on Book 2 of the series, as well as a short story collection, a historical mystery series, and a semi-autobiographical account of my Shaman Journey and Teachings.

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BOOKS: There’s only one … so far!

Mortal Instinct is the first Book of the ‘Gallery’ series; Set in a slightly alternate reality where the boundarys between the worlds runs thin, and our choices determine our fate, even if we’re not aware of it … yet.

It’s now available from my publisher, Eternal Press as an eBook …

… in print and eBook at Amazon.com …

… and available to order from your favourite local bookstore.

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