Welcome to my website Please feel free to browse these pages and take a look at some of my work. You will find synopses and extracts from two novels. There is also a complete short story. This will change from time to time, so if you enjoy what you read, please come back and take a look at another one.

Biographical Note

I grew up in Shropshire, which was the perfect setting for a romantic with the wanderlust. When I wasn’t reading the Brontës or dreaming over Jane Austen, I was tromping through cow fields or upsetting the sheep (they’re highly suspicious creatures).

I later studied English at Leicester University. This gave me an excuse to spend yet more of my waking hours buried in books. This time, propped up in a creaky student bed, rather than propped up against a tree. This is also where I caught the acting bug, which is a bit like writing; only louder and more three-dimensional.

After graduation, I moved to London where I studied acting for two years. This was my grounding for becoming a writer. This was where I learned about story telling, and about plot: where I learned about and character and how to hold the attention of an audience, whether they are watching you on a stage, or reading your words on a page.

Since then, I have worked in all aspects of theatre from washing showgirls’ tights and selling ice creams, and played everything from overgrown schoolgirls to nineteenth century tragic heroines. I have also appeared in a number of independent films.

It was the breaks between acting roles that finally gave me the opportunity to start writing seriously. Since sitting down and experimenting with that first opening paragraph, I have never looked back.

I live in Wimbledon with my fiancé and a bulimic cat called Basil. The plan for the future? To keep writing; to write novels that women want to read, and to write them well. The Brontës, those frowning sheep and Jane Austen have a lot to answer for.

My work has been recognised in a number of competitions.

• I was joint runner  up of The Harry Bowling Prize 2006
• I was selected for the longlist (the final 30) of Lit Idol
• I was shortlisted in a 'Write a Bestseller' competition, run by Poolbeg, in association with Channel 5 and RTE
• My work was discusssed on 'Richard & Judy' as part of their competition to find a bestselling author
• I have also won or been placed in a number of short story competitions