About Me

I was born in Toronto, Canada. As early as I can remember, I wanted to be a journalist. After graduating from McGill University, I took a crash course in Mandarin, flew to Beijing and spent the next two years writing for various publications. In the spring of 1989, I reported on the Tiananmen Square demonstrations and massacre for a Toronto newspaper.

 

A Masters at the Columbia Journalism School in New York was next, then a move to the UK. For several years, I worked as a financial news producer for CNN in London.

 

Marriage and children followed. I have been a Parent Governor Representative for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. I also did an MA in Creative Writing (unpublished book remains at bottom of drawer – where it rightly belongs).

 

I live in London with my husband and we have two adult children.  I am currently on Ocrevus, my third disease-modifying therapy to treat my MS.