I was born in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland, Canada. I graduated with an honours degree in English from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, followed by a year of French at Laval in Quebec City. I worked in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Moncton, New Brunswick, as I pursued a career in Public Relations, learning about television production, media relations, and crisis communications along the way. I married, started a family (two beautiful daughters), divorced, married again and took the ferry back to Newfoundland where I decided that if I was going back home, I'd do what I had in mind when I left... become a professional writer.
