I am a Canadian author who has written the Amanda Travels series featuring a spunky twelve-year-old who loves to travel to unique places where she encounters mystery and adventure.  Readers of all ages enjoy following Amanda as she unravels one mystery after another. There are seven books in the series so far. I have had a number of short stories published in anthologies and have written a bi-lingual book for English/Spanish readers. I grew up on a ranch near Medicine Hat, Alberta, where I dreamt of writing, travelling the world, and meeting interesting people. I also believed in working hard to make my dreams come true. Over the years, I have had wonderful jobs such as employment counsellor, ESL teacher, recruiter and retail manager, and wrote whenever I had a few spare minutes. I am now retired and write full time. When not travelling, meeting interesting people and collecting ideas for my books, I like to spend time with my husband and entertaining dog, Dot. Dreams do come true. 

Amanda in Arabia-The Perfume Flask, published in 2010
Amanda in Spain-The Girl in the Painting, published in 2011
Amanda in England-The Missing Novel, published in 2012
Amanda in Alberta-The Writing on the Stone, published in 2014
Amanda on the Danube-The Sounds of Music, published in 2016
Amanda in New Mexico-Ghosts in the Wind, published in October 2017
Amanda in Holland: Missing in Action, published September 2019
Pig on Trial/Cerdito a juicio, bilingual novel published in 2015
The Day Dief Came to Town, a short story included in the anthology, Country Roads - Memoirs from Rural Canada
Numerous awards for short stories