I began my career as a writer and journalist for CBC Radio, Canada's public broadcaster, and my years in the media have had a strong influence both on the structure and the themes of my fiction. As an American-born Canadian writer who came north in the Sixties, I find that these experiences have profoundly affected my imagination and my work.

I have twice been a Writer-in-Residence in Ontario's libraries and was awarded a scholarship as an Artist-in-Residence at the Banff (Alberta) Centre for the Arts (1992). I've read my fiction at Toronto's prestigious Harbourfront Reading Series, on radio and at numerous libraries and schools. I have also appeared on TV and have addressed academic audiences and citizens' groups across Canada on the subjects of my nonfiction books.

My most recent book (and first novel) is A Forest Burning -- literary fiction published by Cormorant Books. I am also the author of Missing Persons, a collection of short fiction (Cormorant: 1994)and two nonfiction books on Canadian subjects: The Nuclear North (Anansi: 1983) and Down To Earth: The Crisis in Canadian Farming (Anansi: 1985)

A Forest Burning
The website includes a summary of the novel, list of characters, excerpts, author biog, a Buy the Book page and links.

Cormorant Books
The publisher's website of their award-winning booklist. It includes pages for my works.