Romney was delivered in the middle of the night by her father and depending upon which version of the story you choose to believe, the umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck.

She spent her youth in Halifax where cutthroat competition and embellishment was actively encouraged at the table. The third of four, she’s one of three to have stuck it out through law school, one of two to have abandoned the practice, and the only one to leave her hometown in search of a kinder winter and quieter dinner. She has lived in Vancouver ever since.

After practicing law primarily in the entertainment sector, Romney produced television. She was the executive producer/producer of three multi-season series: Scoop and Doozie – a multiple award-winner for pre-schoolers; The Concrete Jungle - on gardening; and The Urban Peasant - a cooking series sold into 180 countries and for which she oversaw the creation and release of two best-selling cookbooks. Not coincidentally, she’s an avid cook, a passionate gardener, and tries her best as a mom.

With her last series in the can, Romney stepped away from the industry for the somewhat gentler demands of single motherhood. During this sabbatical, she translated her love of writing into a freelance career generating commercial copy and business plans as well as the column Matchmaker for Vancouver View magazine, a limited edition coffee table book on the history of the Hotel Georgia, and video scripts including an adaptation of Ian Wallace’s Chin Chiang and the Dragon’s Dance for CBC Television (she is listed as a producer in the credits). She returned to film/television in a senior executive capacity including at Entertainment One and Paperny Entertainment. Most recently, Romney was Executive Producer of the award-winning documentary Resident Orca (2024) but has otherwise chosen to withdrawn from production to devote her energies to writing.

One of those here-at-last moments, you’d imagine.

Romney is currently seeking a publisher for her first novel The Sound - upmarket fiction set in the prosperity politics of present-day Vancouver. The Odds, flash non-fiction is slated for publication in Collateral Journal (Nov 2025). Nonetheless won BC Federation of Writer’s flash fiction prize and was published in Wordworks, Fall 2017. Her short story Catching Air was selected to open the SFU anthology Emerge 2013 by guest editor, JJ Lee.

Romney completed the Graduate Workshop at Simon Fraser University where she advanced her novel with Aislinn Hunter’s support having previously completed SFU’s The Writers Studio under the mentorship of Timothy Taylor and Carleigh Baker. Romney continues to participate in writing workshops and has studied under Karen Bender, Yasuko Thanh, Caroline Adderson, ZsuZsi Gardner and Robert McKee. She has been selected to workshop with Justin Taylor, author of Reboot (NYT and Washington Post Notable Book of the Year) in spring 2026. Romney holds a Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie University. She is working on her second novel.