Background
Born in England, she emigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She studied at Concordia University and received an M.A. in Creative Writing Drama.[1] Now she divides her time between Toronto and British Columbia, the UK and Cuba. "As a creative person, Hale has travelled back and forth between visual art, theatre, and writing."[2] Her first novel, Sounding the Blood, was "a finalist for the BC Relit Awards"[3] and was included in NOW Magazine's Top Ten books for 2001,[4] has been on several university reading lists[2] in Canada, the U.S., and in Europe; and has been adapted as a screenplay. Her writing has been published in numerous Canadian and American literary magazines, and two of her books have been translated into Spanish.
Hale has been active in the arts and writing community as a co-founder of Red Tree visual arts (1989); as a member of the Broadside feminist collective[5] (1982–88); as vice-president of the Hornby Island Arts Council,[6] and as a board member of the Hornby Island Festival Society.[7]
