Writing
I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. What began with short stories, poetry, and early creative sparks has grown into a lifelong passion for words in all their forms. Over the years, I’ve published two novels, numerous short stories in literary magazines, and have written extensively for marketing, web, and video projects. My writing spans fiction, non-fiction, academic work, and interactive narrative design, always with a focus on storytelling that moves, challenges, and connects.
In recent years, my focus has shifted toward non-fiction and philosophical inquiry, shaped by my personal experience as a survivor of a high-control group and my academic background in philosophy and psychology. I am currently working on a non-fiction book that blends memoir, philosophy, and cultural critique to explore the deep human longing for connection, purpose, belonging, and transformation in the wake of psychological manipulation and coercive control.
At the heart of all my writing is a desire to invite others into reflection that leads to deeper understanding and lasting change.
Novels
Past Tense – HarperCollins Canada – Spring 2018
Hey Jude – Orca Books - Fall 2020
Essays
Awards
Academic
Bronze Award – Toronto Metropolitan University Philosophy Award – Schrödinger's Theory: Superposition and Realism
Fiction & Non-Fiction
Runner Up – Conville and Walsh Word of Mouth Prize – Past Tense (Novel)
3rd Place – Jenny Magazine Spec Fic Contest – Space
Short List – Room Magazine Writing Contest – Camels for Freedom
Semi-finalist – Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – We all have wings
Long List – CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize – Camels for Freedom
Honourable Mention – Friends of Merril Short Story Contest – The One in Green
Winner of 2013 Fringe Contest – Eden Mills Writer’s Festival – Willow
Canada Writes Bloodlines Contest – Lucky
CBC Prompt Contest – Stuck
CBC Pick of the Day – The song that changed my life
Short Stories
Grain Magazine Issue 44.3 – May 2017 – Gramma
Flash Fiction Online – July 2016 – Inside
Five 2 One Magazine – February 2016 – Warm Milk
Leopardskin & Limes – January 2016 – Willow
Found Press – October 2015 – Amako
Necessary Fiction – August 2015 – MUST SPEAK DOVE
Cease, Cows – August 2015 – Before the stars went out
Cheapjack Pulp – June 2015 – Bronwyn’s Aria
Open Pen Magazine – June 2015 – Middle Name
Writers Tribe Review – May 2015 – Thirteen Things
Ginosko Literary Journal – May 2015 – All I know
Red Fez – May 2015 – Mundane Revolution
Zeit-Haus Magazine – May 2015 – Tectonic Heart
The James Franco Review – April 2015 – Name it
The New Urge Anthology – March 2015 – Writing on the Wall
Apocrypha & Abstractions – January 2015 – Meat Breath
Maudlin House – January 2015 – Leadership Camp
A cappella Zoo (Issue # 13) – January 2015 – The world of her own making
Sein & Werden – December 2014 – Now we are ten
Empty Mirror – November 2014 – Shine
Flyleaf Journal – November 2014 – How can we ever be better?
Purple Pig Lit – November 2014 – Remembered in the soil
The Quilliad – October 2014 – The Same
Gone Lawn – October 2014 – Insomnia
Bitterzoet Magazine – October 2014 – The Giver
Apeiron Review – September 2014 – Of Gods and Curtains
Klipspringer Magazine – September 2014 – Honey & Rye
Close to the Bone, Near to the Knuckle – August 2014 – Muriel & Ryan
ExFic – May 2014 – Double Stuffed Oreo
Black Treacle – April 2014 – Hungry
Grim Corps – October 2013 – Dear Agnes
Interviews
Author Interview – Word on the Street
Charles Payseur – Review of ‘Green on the Inside’
Author Interview – Jenny Magazine
Contributor – Women in Clothes
CBC Magic 8 - Author Interview
Reviews
Nolan Liebert – Review of ‘Insomnia’ – 2014
Quill & Quire - Review of “Past Tense”
Power Librarian - Review of “Past Tense” – 2018
Radioactive Book Review - Review of “Past Tense” – 2018
Canlit for Little Canadians - Review of “Past Tense” – 2018
Books & Ladders - Instagram Review of “Past Tense” – 2018
Kirkus Starred Review - “Hey Jude” – 2020
CM Review - “Hey Jude” - 2020
Promotion
Chapters Indigo Instagram - Past Tense
CBC Canadian Teen Summer Reads - Past Tense
Globe and Mail Teen Books - Past Tense