Her short fiction has been a finalist for the Journey Prize twice and long-listed for CBC’s Canada Writes contest as well as shown up on the pages of such literary journals as Grain, Event, The Antigonish Review and Room. A former reporter with The Globe and Mail, her print journalism has been published in Chatelaine, Report on Business and Canadian Geographic magazines. She has a combined BA in Economics and Political Science from McMaster University and a MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia.