I like writing stories of all kinds, for all audiences, but especially for kids aged 8-12. My debut novel, Mortified, was released May 21, 2024 and was shortlisted for a Governal General Literary Award and for the 2024 Forest of Reading in the Silver Birch category! My second novel, Touching Grass, is available September 9, 2025.
Tristen would do anything to avoid going outside. The bugs sting, the heat will kill you, and bodies of water? Forget it. Tristen likes it best indoors, deep in his online world, where it’s safe. But Tristen is in trouble at school again, and his mom believes the answer is to get him off the games and in touch with nature and his Dene roots. It’s his worst nightmare! But soon, with some surprising new friends and patient teachers, and a little help from technology, Tristen might be able to hack this nature stuff after all.
For readers aged 8-12
When someone secretly signs Belinda Houle—the school’s most introverted kid—up to audition for a school play, Belinda turns to her best friend and resident witch, Sally, for a spell. A spell for confidence. Except it feels more like a curse! What follows the ritual is comical series of tragedies, from makeup allergies, to losing her chemically straightened hair, accidentally eating dog treats, and more.
For readers aged 8-12
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I’ve taken roughly a zillion writers courses and workshops and read so many books, and I keep coming back to Save the Cat and Brian Henry and the Friday Intensive group.
