Biography
I’m a former elementary school teacher and Principal with degrees from The University of British Columbia - Bachelor of Education (Elementary), and Simon Fraser University – Master of Education (Administration). As much as I enjoyed my thirty years working in schools throughout British Columbia, I love being retired. I write; I take photographs and paint; I travel.
My first book, a memoir, Captive: a Survival Story, tells how I survived being captured by Rwandan Hutus when I was in Africa to see mountain gorillas.
The Way It Is, my first Young Adult novel, is set in Salmon Arm, the small rural community in the interior of British Columbia where I spent my teen years and began teaching. The book’s world is drawn from my memory of that place, though the characters are a product of my imagination.
Decision Point: an Impossible Choice follows Ellen Manery.
I’m a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and have displayed my drawings and paintings at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia. Many of the photographs I take are the inspiration for my drawings and paintings.
Coles Notes Biography
I was born. I went to school. I worked in schools. I retired. Art and English were my best school subjects, my majors at university, the subjects I taught and what I do now. If I were a cat I’d have six lives left. Writing books is how I investigate The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost, 1915).
My first book, a memoir, Captive: a Survival Story, tells how I survived being captured by Rwandan Hutus when I was in Africa to see mountain gorillas.
The Way It Is, my first Young Adult novel, is set in Salmon Arm, the small rural community in the interior of British Columbia where I spent my teen years and began teaching. The book’s world is drawn from my memory of that place, though the characters are a product of my imagination.
Decision Point: an Impossible Choice follows Ellen Manery.
I’m a member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and have displayed my drawings and paintings at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island, Vancouver, British Columbia. Many of the photographs I take are the inspiration for my drawings and paintings.
Coles Notes Biography
I was born. I went to school. I worked in schools. I retired. Art and English were my best school subjects, my majors at university, the subjects I taught and what I do now. If I were a cat I’d have six lives left. Writing books is how I investigate The Road Not Taken (Robert Frost, 1915).