I've lived across Canada, but Nova Scotia is home.  

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I have an MFA in Creative Nonfiction, degrees in journalism and social work, and I study tarot on the side. My writing about mental health, social justice, and finding joy where it seems there’s none to be had has appeared in Writerly and Mothering magazines,The Coast, in various publications across Canada, and in audio essays and short documentaries for CBC radio. I was a finalist for the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.​

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My debut novel, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic, (Vagrant, 2024) was a Toronto Star Top 20 Book of Summer 2024 and a 49thShelf.com Book of the Year.  My first non-fiction book, Enriched by Catastrophe: Social Work and Social Conflict after the Halifax Explosion, was published by Fernwood in 2007, and my debut memoir, A Good Girl's Guide to Lying: Losing My Memory, Searching for Truth, & Confronting Complex Trauma, will be published by Nimbus in September 2026.

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I combine my social work and writing skills to offer coaching and support to writers at all levels. Using a trauma-informed, motivational approach, I help writers transform their experiences into words that have the power to heal.

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I'm a board member of the Creative Nonfiction Collective Society and the Nova Scotia Talent Trust, a Writers' Council member of the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, and a member of the Writers' Federation of New Brunswick and the Writers' Union of Canada.

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I live in Halifax, Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.