Since the release of my memoirs, I have spoken about my unusual life at a TEDx talk, high school programs for underprivileged students, and a men’s prison, to name a few audiences. I have also written a romance series for Harlequin, taught memoir writing at Vancouver’s Capilano University and, in 2017, served as the writer-in-residence for the Creative Nonfiction MFA course at University of Kings College in Halifax. North of Normal has been made into a feature film starring Sarah Gadon, Amanda Fix and Robert Carlyle. I live with my husband and three children in Vancouver, where I now create clay art for my business, Sunshine & Roses (sunshineandrosesart.com).