Vicki began her career as a Sunday writer: a single mother of three high-spirited daughters with a full-time job as a computer programmer. Sunday afternoon was – and at that, only now and again – the only time she had to spend all by herself, with a single candle on her desk for a bit of atmosphere, a Bruce Springsteen tape in the tape deck, and a nice cup of tea at her elbow. When she felt like really letting loose, the tea might have turned into a glass of wine.

The years passed, as they tend to do, and the three daughters have, somewhat hesitantly, flown the coop; Vicki is a systems analyst at a major Canadian bank (a job she actually loves); and the tape deck has been replaced with a CD player (although the Boss remains!). But now, Vicki writes whenever she feels like it!

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Vicki was raised mostly in Ontario. As a young woman, fresh from quitting Carleton University in a huff in the middle of her final year, she travelled to South Africa where she promptly met a man, married him, and produced the aforesaid three daughters. Eleven years later, Vicki returned to Canada. Of her experiences in Africa she will only say that it gave her an insight into to the politics of power and oppression that few Canadians get to experience.

“I love mystery novels most of all, and Scare the Light Away is a mystery, although not in the traditional sense. It is more of what is called a “psychological mystery”. A serious crime has been committed, but the protagonist, Rebecca McKenzie, does not set out to solve the crime. In fact, she has no interest in the resolution of the crime. She is only dragged into it when her family becomes involved. The investigation and solving of the crime serves as a vehicle to help Rebecca come to an understanding of her own life and the lives of the people close to her.“

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