About

I'm a Vancouver journalist with more than 20 years experience writing news stories, features, cultural commentary, theatre reviews, and what my students dubbed "the smart-ass columns." I've written for The Globe and Mail since the early '90s, spent a decade as a contributing editor at the Georgia Straight, and three years writing dance and news at the Ottawa Citizen. I've contributed to a host of magazines here and in the U.S. covering everything from decorating to television. I've been a columnist for B.C.'s online news and entertainment magazine TheTyee.ca since it debuted in 2003. 

You'll find samples from my portfolio under the hedders at the top of the page. If you want to see everything organized on a grid, click on  "all articles." If you want to see writing on a specific topic, type  "dance" or "legal" into the search engine. Or you can click on a term in the tag cloud. 

My blog is called Fresh Hell as a nod to Dorothy Parker's insightful telephone greeting. Instead of "Hello," the legendary critic opened with, "And what fresh hell is this?"

I'm pretty certain she wasn't joking.