Army brat, recovering documentary producer, medieval nerd and writer. I live in beautiful Vancouver, BC, Canada and look up to my two sons (who literally look down upon me).
My first memories – of ancient churches and stained glass windows – are from when my family lived in London, England, and every landing at Heathrow feels a bit like coming home. Perhaps why I am compelled to write about Chaucer, London and Europe.
I studied literature (and Chaucer) in university where my fascination with Chaucer’s life and writing grew, then studied film.
I then had the great fortune to combine both passions and travel to London, Sussex and Majorca to shoot a documentary on the (sadly now deceased) British writer Nicholas Mosley (his expansive Whitbread award-winning novel Hopeful Monsters is one of my favourites). I then produced documentaries for television including Life’s Imprint: Lithographs by Jack Shadbolt (broadcast on CBC and Bravo! and sold across Canada) and numerous other video projects.
I’ve been published in PhotoLife and the Globe & Mail, have written (unproduced) screenplays, and currently write flash fiction, short stories, creative nonfiction and historical fiction.
Book One of The Storyteller series, The Storyteller’s War: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy, is set in London, Bordeaux, Navarre, Rioja, Castile, and Aragon, and was released in May, 2025 by the US publisher Black Rose Writing.
Book Two in the series, The Storyteller’s Reputation: Geoffrey Chaucer, Reluctant Spy, was a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Writing Conference Historical Novel competition, and should be released next year.
Book Three, The Storyteller’s Silence, is currently in draft, with a research trip planned this summer.
I am a member of the Historical Novel Society, the Historical Writers’ Association, the Writers’ Union of Canada, and the Federation of BC Writers.