 Her first book,"The" "Torn Skirt" (2001), a novel, was shortlisted for the 2002 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize.Described as an antidote to the sad boy lit of David Foster Wallace, it received a favorable review in the New York Times.Her second book, "Under the Bridge" (2005), an investigation into the beating death of Reena Virk, received British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction in 2006.