wood earned a b.a. (1969) and an m.a. (1970) from carleton university and a ph.d. (1975) from the university of toronto. she joined the english department at the university of british columbia in 1975 and taught canadian literature, science fiction and children's literature. she was the vancouver editor of the "pacific northwest review of books" (jan.-oct. 1978) and also edited the special science fiction/fantasy issue of "room of one's own". she wrote numerous articles and book reviews that were published in books and academic journals, while continuing to write for fanzines.