A keen amateur cook and an enthusiastic traveller, she specializes in feature stories that combine the two: modern cuisine in Australia for Western Living; elegant low-cal fare at Canyon Ranch spa for Travel Etc.; a chateau-based cooking school in the Limousin for Going Places. Her travel stories have been syndicated in Canada, the U.S. and New Zealand. Murrills is the author of four non-fiction books on food and travel. She is based in Vancouver, BC.