She was born in New Brunswick into a large bi-lingual family of storytellers. After becoming an R.N. in Montreal she re-located to Vancouver and took a Bachelor of Physical Education and an M.A. in Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia. Raising her three children has been her most important achievement.

She worked as a critical unit nurse, a rehabilitation consultant at Workers Compensation Board, and for over two decades had a successful psychotherapist practice in downtown Vancouver. She taught at university for fifteen years.

Her first publications were in international academic journals in psychology focused on Morita Therapy. Later when she turned to fiction-writing her short stories appeared in anthologies and magazines and non-fiction in newspapers.

Visiting seaports, maritime museums, and training on tall ship Bark Europa, crossing the North Atlantic in 2004, formed part of her research for this series. She is a member of the BC Federation of Writers, The North Shore Writers, an Associate of The Canadian Authors Association and a founding member of both the Okanagan Writers League, and Location Writing. Currently she lives in White Rock, BC, presents at writers´ festivals and offers writing workshops. In 2012, she received the Okanagan Literary Arts Award for her contribution to Canadian literature.

In the third installment of the Mighty Orion Series, aging patriarch Percy Kilkenny is made to burrow deeper into the dark caves of his past. Not alone on this brave venture, his sons and daughter reluctantly accompany him, as does his abiding wife. Unlike their mother Clara though, his offspring are reticent to forgive. As with him, their wounds have not gone away. Injury inflicted by their father during his fumble at parenting in an era of rigid convention, persists.

Festering conflicts which prompted their desertion, slowly surface and each time it happens, reverberations ripple through three generations of family. In Percy´s strong desire to mend with Sophie, his only daughter, a truce is forged. But when disaster strikes Sophie´s marriage, ripping it to shreds, she accepts an invitation for an unusual assignment. The fragile peace bond sees a set-back as Percy reverts to his old ways, and forbids it.

Adamantly, Sophie embarks on the life and death adventure which implicates all the Kilkennys. Through visceral hardships, a better understanding emerges and her former view of her father is no longer viable.

And when a tragic accident happens within the family, surprising discoveries are made. Percy´s grandchildren lend a positive stroke to the saga and play a redeeming part as the lattice of family cohesiveness becomes strongly woven.

The saga of the Kilkenny family headed by Percy, an old tall ship sailor, continues to unfold. In Mighty Orion – Fate, the "waters were calmed" following Percy's unwilling placement in a nursing home by his wife, Clara. Joe, the youngest of fine Kilkenny children, has a viable relationship with his father and was made privy to the story of Percy's painful beginnings: an abusive home, and his escape to sea as a cabin boy. Meanwhile, Joe wrestled with his own difficulties as he reunited with his high school sweetheart, a now-married Jocelyn. As father and son grow closer, the crack in Percy's protective wall widens. Encouraged by Joe's sincerity, and by the force of his own desire to reunite with his grown children, Percy summons up the courage to break his silence further. He is willing to share his seaman's journals which he had kept hidden under lock and key. But the young Kilkenny is not prepared when his father pulls out all the stops and opens his "Pandora's Box" of secrets, one being of a taboo nature. The disclosure effectively launches Joe into an emotional tailspin where he struggles to assimilate his father's experience. Meanwhile, at his peril, Joe pursues his liaison with Jocelyn, leading to a dangerous confrontation with that phoney husband of hers, T'Guy. When that happens, Joe witnesses the real sinew of Percy, the old sailor. This critical incident spawns further opportunity for family unity, in which Clara plays a pivotal role. The real town of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, stands as the setting. Colourful sea-going yarns coupled with the region's bilingual flavour and rich cultural make-up serve as a backdrop for this story about family reconciliation.

Raging storms at sea pale in comparison to the challenges Percy Kilkenny, a once tall ship sailor, must face when, as an aging patriarch, he is placed in a nursing-care home. "Drown me in the salt-chuck first before you put me in a place like that," he had warned his wife, Clara. However, this critical incident serves to spark a journey of redemption for the authoritarian commander of the Kilkenny household. When a tragic accident claims the life of a teenager, Percy is painfully reminded of what happened to his own two children. The event propels him to examine fractured family relationships and to acknowledge his part in the alienation of the Kilkenny children. The one exception is Joe, his last born, who is a commercial fisherman on the west coast and who shares common ground with his father; a genuine love of the sea. Together with Clara, Joe supports his father´s wrestle with the ghosts of his past, especially those of his childhood which drove him to escape to seafaring, with all its perils, at the tender age of thirteen. Meanwhile, during this home visit Joe is confronted with difficulties of his own. Still in love with his high school sweetheart, he is not deterred in his quest to win her back despite the fact that she has mysteriously married a scoundrel. The real town of Dalhousie, New Brunswick stands as the setting. Colourful sea-going yarns coupled with the region´s bilingual flavour and rich cultural makeup, serve as a backdrop for this story, one concerned with healing the heart,and unveiling the soul.