Canadian
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writer.
Personal life
Nay and her husband moved to Canada when their two children were young.
Writing career
''
Our Little Secret
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'', her first novel, started as a short story she wrote when she took a creative writing course, at
Selkirk College
Campuses
Selkirk College has eight campuses and learning centres across the West Kootenay and Kootenay Boundary regions:
* Castlegar Campus
* Grand Forks Campus
* Kaslo Learning Centre
* Nakusp Learning Centre
* Silver King Campus
* Tenth Str ...
, in 2012. It was nominated for an
Arthur Ellis Award
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Vancouver Sun
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'' Nay said she was a former high school teacher, and her teaching experience was one of the inspirations for ''Our Little Secret''. Following her work as a high school teacher Nay worked in child protection for the British Columbia Ministry of Families. Her work in child protection served as an inspiration for her second novel ''
Hurry Home
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''.
According to the ''
Boundary Creek Times
''The Boundary Creek Times'' was a weekly newspaper published in Greenwood, British Columbia. It published Thursday and was owned by Black Press.
History
The newspaper was published between September 1896 and March 1911. The Boundary Creek Tim ...
'' the success of her first book earned Nay a two-book deal.
They wrote that Nay expected to publish ''
Hurry Home
"Hurry Home" is a song written by Zane Williams, and first recorded by him on a 2005 album of the same name. American country music singer Jason Michael Carroll later recorded it on his 2009 album '' Growing Up Is Getting Old'', releasing it as ...
'' in 2018, but she found she was still learning how to write thrillers, and it took much longer. ''
The Nelson Daily
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'' wrote the novel revolved around ''"two estranged sisters, who share a dark secret"''.
The ''Boundary Creek Times'' wrote the manuscript for her third novel, set in Africa, was essentially complete. It was inspired by her extensive travel in that continent, in her 20s, and took her just eight months.