"A moving story steered by a likable if imperfect heroine whose combination of grit and hard luck will win readers' hearts." - Kirkus ReviewsAwards: Benjamin Franklin Book Award, IndieReader Approved Book, Writer's Digest Self-Published Book AwardI was born and raised in a rural village in New Brunswick, Canada, where I lived with my mother and sister in an old farmhouse with a pack of cats and acres of land for roaming. I later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to attend art college and that's where I met my husband. We now live in Ottawa, Ontario, with frequent trips home to the Maritimes.I first fell in love with words as a songwriter. I grew up playing guitar and later studied piano, which became the backdrop for my writing. I also used to write short stories and remember having a deep conversation with my grade four English teacher about the rules of grammar and how I absolutely had to break them because I needed to start my sentence with the word 'and'.I love to write stories about strong female characters in memorable settings along the east coast of Canada. My first book, Stuck, is a coming-of-age story about an Acadian woman growing up in a small fishing village in New Brunswick. My next project, Letters from Labrador, tells the story of a young British midwife working in the beautiful, yet unpredictable, northern coast of Labrador, Newfoundland (book release fall 2015).