Born in Saskatchewan in 1963, R.G. Williams arrived in British Columbis in 1990. Her novel Targets of Affection (Cormorant, 2006) features a veterinary nurse named Shelby James who reluctantly explores links between animal abuse and child abuse. The more she gets to know Miranda Wall, a woman who maintains a menagerie of needy animals, the more Shelby is unnerved by Miranda's silent daughter and her stalking husband. It's the first installment of Willems' projected series of mystery novels about veterinary medicine. 1-896951-98-8

[BCBW 2006] "Fiction"