[1] Lansens, a successful screenwriter, has credits including the films South of Wawa, Wolf Girl and Marine Life, prior to publishing her first novel Rush Home Road in 2002.
[1] It was a shortlisted finalist for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
[3] The Girls received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the American Library Association.
[7] In fall 2019 Lansens published This Little Light, concerning the bombing of a Calabasas Christian school, after which a rebellious young girl is accused of the crime.
[8] Originally from Chatham, Ontario,[9] Lansens currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, television director and producer Milan Cheylov, along with their children.