Stories have always been a part of my life and heritage. It’s a Métis thing!  From a young age, the need to throw heroes into “what-if” situations was irresistible and the rest, as they say, is history. I wrote many stories and novels that will never see the light of day, then in the early 1990s, Rainbows in Time (originally Chasing Rainbows) was born as a healing journey from injuries sustained while working as an Emergency Medical Attendant. The few people who read it strongly encouraged me to publish it. Alas, the publishers I approached replied that no one was interested in time travel. So that was that – and Rainbows was shelved. Almost two decades later, shortly before passing, my mother, an avid reader, asked if I would ever publish that novel. A few years later I visited Clermont Duval, a good friend and world-renown artist and author, who had been the first to read my manuscript, and strongly encouraged me to publish. He agreed to take on the commission to paint the book cover. In 2010, under my pen, and his paintbrush, Rainbows in Time saw the light of day, honouring my mom’s memory. My only regret is that she never got to read it in book format.

      The road to independent publishing was not easy. Like so many aspiring authors, I fell into expensive and demoralizing “publishers” traps, but as a true Métis, I got back up, brushed the dust off, and forged ahead, trying to learn all I could about that industry. What started as one book became a “septology” in the next 5 years! It seemed that our readers could not get enough of the Blackwell, Montour and White Eagle clans. I say “our readers” because the success of “In Time” would not exist  without the help of extremely generous and dedicated editors, all strangers who became some of my best friends. I owe Clermont, Linda, Arlene, Evelyn, Robert, Judy, Karen, Lynn, Sylvie, Stephanie, Danielle, Leas, Prof. John, and many others a debt of gratitude as big as the world for their editing assistance and their tremendous support! It is my hope that some day, I will be able to repay their generosity.

      “In Time” explores Canada’s historical landscape and cultural heritage during the hay days of the fur trade. The saga depicts the hypothetical lives and adventures of the intrepid heroes and villains who shaped our continent’s early relationships between Europeans and Indians*. It also lifts a tiny corner of the mysterious veil surrounding Shamanism, time transference/ transcendence, and temporal chasms. It is my deepest hope that you will enjoy your journey with the Scot-Blackfoot Blackwell, Métis Montour, and Siksika White Eagle clans as much as I am enjoying writing it. 

     In 2015, The Moccasins was born, a historical novel in a contemporary story, that explored connections outside of time and unexpected paths of discovery in the world of Indigenous homelessness and Indian Residential School survival.