About

I’ve always been fascinated by the past. 

I was born in Edmonton, Alberta, where my dad was a professional hockey player, and where I inherited a love of reading from my mother. I received a B.A. in history from the University of Alberta, and an M.A. in English literature from the University of British Columbia. In Edmonton, I worked as an editor at a feminist magazine, Branching Out, and as a researcher at the Royal Alberta Museum, where I became fascinated by archaeology.

Covering the excavation at El Castillo de Huarmey, Peru.  Photo courtesy of Robert Clark.

After marrying my husband Geoff and moving to Vancouver, I became a science writer specializing in archaeology. In recent decades, I’ve traveled extensively on reporting trips–from the Sahara to the Canadian Arctic, and from the Atacama to Tonga. The most memorable flight I ever took was in the backseat of an F-18 fighter jet, where I flew upside down 200 feet over the boreal forest in northern Alberta.

Today I live a 15-minute walk from the ocean in Victoria, and I love exploring the local trails and neighborhoods with my husband and our dog Gillie.