I am currently seeking a publisher for Surface Rights, a recently completed contemporary novel set in Northern Ontario in which a middle-aged woman travels to the family cottage to scatter the ashes of her husband, father and twin sister, only to discover that a mysterious and menacing stranger has claim-staked a portion of her property.  Needless to say, in the course of dealing with this intrusion, she must also contend with her troubled past, her adversarial relationship with her sister and her own self-destructive tendencies.  Surface Rights is a darkly funny novel about belonging, family, dogs, fear of fat, ghosts and place.

I would like to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council during the writing of Surface Rights.