Her graphic novel Mirror Mind recounts her experiences growing up with dyslexia. Her other works include the Audio Drama Awake withSparklermonthly, Toronto to Tuscany a travel diary she did in partnership with Kean Soo.

She is a graduate from the University of Toronto with an Honors BA in archeology and Near Eastern studies. 

She has appeared on CBC Radio's Metro Morning, Ontario Morning, and Canada AM, alongside a feature story by the Toronto Star. She has been a speaker at Word on the Street, Right to Read, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, as well as at the University of Toronto and a variety of public schools and libraries around the city. 

Tory also runs comic making, and dyslexia awareness workshops and has done so with the Toronto District School Board, Toronto Public Library, Little Island Comics, The AGO and Story Planet to name a few.  

Science Comics: Brains!

How did brains evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, you? And why do neurons need an unlimited texting plan? (Because they send a lot of messages!) Do you have the nerve to see a human braIn up close? Get an inside look at what is by far the most advanced operating system around! 

Published by First Second and Illustrated by the amazing Alex Graudins!! 

Awake

An audio drama murder mystery in space! I co-wrote this one with the fantastic Barabara and the hole team over at sparkler!

Toronto to Tuscany

In the summer of 2010, Kean Soo and I embarked on a month-long trip to Italy and the south of France. In between missed flights, trains breaking down, braving the Italian highways in a tiny fiat 500, unsuccessfully navigating the language divide, great food, deadly washrooms, naked Italian men, and eating a ridiculous amount of gelato, we also somehow managed to fall in love.

The Barkley Instruction Manual

This is the instruction manual we give to anyone who is nice enough to look after our silly dog.