I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and have been an expat since 1993 when my husband and I escaped the cold of Canada on a hunt for warmer climes, with stops in Florida, Dubai and Thailand. In 2007, after almost 20 years in the PR business, I decided to focus on my real passion and just write. I guess I've become a multi-genre author having written both fiction and non-fiction. My first book was @Home in Dubai... Getting Connected Online and on the Ground published by Summertime Publishing in the UK. I then tried my hand at self-publishing with my first eBook, 10 Steps to a Successful PR Campaign-A Do-it-Yourself Guide for Authors using examples and giving advice from many years in the business. I then wrote my first novel Mental Pause, which won a bronze medal in the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards. Most recently I co-published an anthology titled Phuket Island Writers – An Anthology of Short Stories and I'll be launching my next Novel, Deep Deceit, on March 8, 2015 (International Women's Day). With the launch of my second novel I know in my heart that fiction is my ‘new calling’. I've started working on my next novel, Paris, At Last, and am in the process of adapting Mental Pause into a screenplay. After some very thoughtful feedback from a Beta reader for Deep Deceit, I am outlining a series called the Susan Morris Expat Mysteries,  based on one of the main characters. If you'd like to know more, please visit my website or join me on social media. I love to collaborate and learn from other writers :)