My working life was as an English teacher, writing as a hobby or for family. I had the occasional poem published in anthologies, but since retiring, I’ve had three novels published by Between the Lines Publishing – “Shadow of Time”, “Nana Boo” and “Sins Alive” –  and flash fiction, micro-fiction and poetry published online e.g by Cranked Anvil, Flash Fiction North, Paragraph Planet and Roi Faineant. I have contributed poetry and fiction to five printed anthologies, with a story in “Four Tulips” nominated for The Pushcart Prize. With my sister, I collaborated on a creative non-fiction memoir of post-war 1950s childhood – “Remnants of War” – and I’ve had CNF published online by Dear Damsels and Boomers. My fourth novel has been accepted for publication, and I’ve tentatively started a fifth…
I currently chair a writing group in Clevedon, Somerset, where I co-judged the Clevedon LitFest short story competition for three years.