When journalism graduate Natelle Fitzgerald of tiny Beaton, B.C. (formerly Thomson's Landing, at the head of Upper Arrow Lake) isn't operating a summer mountaineering camp with her husband, she's launching a new career as a novelist with Viaticum (Now or Never $19.95). Having overcome a divorce and a fundamentalist upbringing, cancer survivor Annika expects some clear sailing - only to cross paths with a debt-ridden realtor, Matt, who leads her into a web of deception and desire. In fiction, invariably there are more snakes than ladders. Originally from Halifax, Fitzgerald holds a journalism degree from the University of King's College and a Bachelor of Science degree from Mount Allison University. 978-1-988098-87-6

[BCBW 2019]