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What can we do, when family members cause us pain? Kelly S. Thompson examines her relationship with her sister, an addict.

My Entire Immediate Family Has Had Cancer. Now, I’m Trying To Overcome My Health Anxiety I’ve spent most of my 38 years fretting over falling ...

I introduce you to Girls Need Not Apply: Field Notes From the Forces, my debut military memoir with McClelland & Stewart. I’m so honoured to be ...

Read “Fluidity,” my short story that won the House of Anansi Press Golden Anniversary Award. Designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the press, writers ...

I had the great opportunity to publish with the Literary Review of Canada as part of their ‘backstory’ series. Check out my article, Vanguard, that ...

My essay, “Blinders,” appears in this wonderful anthology with Breakwater Books. All proceeds go to recovery programs for addiction. My sister, Meghan, gave me permission ...

This fabulous collection of essays and poems contains some of Canada’s most renowned writers. My essay, “We Come and We Go,” which looks at waiting ...

On August 17, 2018, my sister Meghan Thompson died of cancer at the age of 37. This was my tribute to her, which appeared in ...

This article, “Battle Fatigue,” was runner up in the Professional Writer Association’s 2018 Feature Article of the Year award. It covers the issues of harassment ...

One of several pieces I worked on for Your Workplace included this one, the cover story for the Fall 2017 issue. In this article, I cover issues ...

My essay, “Basically Broken,” appeared in this incredible anthology of brave, honest stories from Canadian soldiers.

This cover story for Canadian Traveller, in Fall 2017, examined my trip as a Canadian Armed Forces veteran, to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Vimy Ridge.

In this piece for Your Workplace magazine, I examine what can be done to change sexist culture in the Forces.

Caitlin Press’ anthology is full of heart, and I was so pleased to be a part of it. My essay that appeared in this collection, ...

Each month, the Innovation article in Watershed magazine highlights people doing new and creative things in the Northumberland County area. My feature on Spark Box studio, an ...

I interview Rick Campanelli for WestCoast Families magazine!

For more than a year, I wrote the blog “Under Fire” with Chatelaine Magazine. 

Cover story feature with Kim Cattrall in Pie Bookazine with an exclusive interview.