She later moved to the west coast of the US, including Washington and California though she now lives in Canada.
Her novel I Wish I Was Like You was named This Is Horror 2017 Novel of the Year and won the 2017 Charles Dexter Award.
After college she spent about fifteen years writing plays and working as a teacher and editor.
Her plays were produced in Seattle but in 2010 she began to write short stories.
These have been published by Supernatural Tales, Horror Bound Magazine, Identity Theory, New Times and Fine Madness.