I have super excit­ing news. As I men­tioned in a pre­vi­ous post, the new D&M (under the wing of Har­bour Pub­lish­ing) will be blow­ing life into my lat­est book. And… (drum­roll!)… We have a Cana­dian pub­li­ca­tion date! My fifth novel, The Widow Tree, … Con­tinue read­ing →

Recently, I was clean­ing out some draw­ers, and came across the very first fic­tion pieces I wrote. They were for chil­dren, and I received rejec­tion let­ter after rejec­tion let­ter. After those fail­ures, I’m not sure what gave me the courage to attempt writ­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

I have fallen short with blog­ging lately (work­ing hard on my next book), but wanted to share some fan­tas­tic news. Glass Boys has recently been released in the US, and the first review is in! A starred review in the Amer­i­can … Con­tinue read­ing →

I’m so excited to share the news with every­one: Dou­glas & McIn­tyre has acquired world English-language rights to my fifth novel (still unti­tled). I haven’t fin­ished writ­ing it yet, though it’s slowly round­ing the bend towards com­ple­tion. Hav­ing my pub­lisher believe … Con­tinue read­ing →

Reviews are com­ing in for Glass Boys! “Glass Boys is intense, dark and haunt­ing.” Tracy Sher­lock Van­cou­ver Sun Lun­dri­gan is “…a great New­found­land nov­el­ist every­one in the coun­try should know.” Chad Pel­ley National Post Glass Boys is “…ren­dered with haunt­ing hon­esty and … Con­tinue read­ing →