Do you give workshops for students and teachers?

All the time! Detailed information about writing workshops and teacher inservices, as well as author visits can be found on the website.

 My books are available at local bookstores, or from Amazon or Chapters. Class sets can be ordered from Ronsdale Press.

My characters come from so many different sources - kids I meet, my imagination, people I know. In my historical novels, the characters are usually composite characters - combinations of the people I've come to know in my research. I intentionally don't use "real" people from the past, as I would hate to misrepresent them in any way.  

I never actually played hockey, although I spent a lot of time at arenas figure skating and cheering on my brother who was a hockey player. But I've always enjoyed the game and my favourite NHL team is the Calgary Flames.  

Normally, it takes me approximately two years to write a novel. Sometimes the planning and research can take a good six months and the revision process usually takes about a year.