Just completed my 20th novel! (on drones and grizzly bears)

Just completed my 20th novel! (on drones and grizzly bears)

I just wrote two words that are rather thrilling to me: “the end.” That means I just completed a young-adult novel. My 20th, to be exact. (The 18th, Stowaway, just came out, and the 19th has been accepted and is currently being scheduled by Dundurn Press)....
Tracker’s Canyon is a 2019 Forest of Reading nominee!

Tracker’s Canyon is a 2019 Forest of Reading nominee!

How exciting is this?! My young-adult novel Tracker’s Canyon has been nominated for an Ontario Library Association Forest of Reading award (Red Maple)! That means I’ll be traveling to Ontario next spring and speaking at schools and libraries again....
Book launch party time! (teen novel Stowaway)

Book launch party time! (teen novel Stowaway)

Come help me launch my 18th young-adult novel Stowaway (Dundurn Press) on Sunday, October 14 from 3-4:30 pm in Vancouver, BC, Canada. (Christianne’s Lyceum, 3696 W 8th Ave.). I’ll be doing readings, revealing how the ideas came to me, and sharing humorous...
Unplugged! (except for August 18 book launch)

Unplugged! (except for August 18 book launch)

My annual sojourn into the boonies begins. Well, not really the boonies, just our cabin in the Gulf Islands of British Columbia. But spending the next two months there, finishing my in-progress young adult novel (!), means I’ll be without internet (except for...