An award-winning novelist, short-story writer, poet, and essayist, she is the editor of Rudy Wiebe: Essays on His Works; the author of two novels: Stone Woman, Summer of the Dancing Bear, Bridge in the Rain, and Memoirs of a Praying Mantis. Her work has been widely anthologized, including in 50+ Poems for Gordon Lightfoot. She is past president of the Canadian Authors Association, Toronto, and served as a Writer in Residence at Open Book Toronto.