Pam Barnsley is a former newspaper journalist and snowboard instructor whose work has appeared in magazines, ad copy, and on CBC television and radio. Harbour Publishing published her non-fiction book Hiking Trails of the Sunshine Coast. Her crime novel The River Cage is set in Whistler in the world of Paralympic athletes, whitewater kayakers, and mountain bikers. An earlier version of this novel was shortlisted for the Crime Writers of Canada Best Unpublished Novel. Her short crime stories have appeared in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and several anthologies.

Pam lives on Vancouver Island, BC. When she’s not writing, Pam enjoys wingboarding, snowboarding, and growing whatever the garden leprechauns allow.