[1] She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of British Columbia,[1] where she was the executive editor of the literary magazine Prism International.
Rosnau's first novel, The Sudden Weight of Snow (McClelland and Stewart, 2002), traces a year in the life of a 17-year-old girl living in the interior of British Columbia.
[4] Pluck (Nightwood, 2014) takes on issues of sexuality, parenthood, and vulnerability with delicacy and intent, and was nominated for the national Raymond Souster Award.
[8] As well as full collections of poetry, Rosnau has published two limited edition chapbooks, Getaway Girl (Greenboathouse Books, 2002) and This Glossy Animal (Baseline Press, 2013).
[9] Rosnau has taught fiction and poetry classes at UBC, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver Film School, and Okanagan College.