Her first play, Bushed, was staged by the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Company in 1973.[2] She followed up with Operators in 1974 and Alli Alli Oh in 1977.[2]
She was a winner of the Floyd S. Chalmers Canadian Play Award in 1983 for Ever Loving,[1] and the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award in 1995 for Ring of Fire.[4] She was an ACTRA Award nominee for Best Radio Writer in 1979 for her radio play War Games,[3] a nominee for the Governor General's Award for English-language drama in 1985 for War Babies,[5] and a two-time nominee for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play in 1986 for Islands[6] and in 1987 for War Babies.[7]
Her other plays have included Apple in the Eye, Diving, The House That Jack Built, It's Only Hot for Two Months in Kapuskasing, Poppycock, Prim and Duck, Mama and Frank, In Confidence, and Spanish Dancing in a Cold Climate.[1][2]
She published the short story collection Smiling Under Water in 1990,[8] and the novel Be Quiet in 2004.[1]
