I grew up on our family farm in the north of Scotland, have a law degree from the University of Edinburgh and an MFA in Literature and Writing from the Bennington Writing Seminars, Vermont, US. My short stories and novel extracts have appeared in Beached, Two Serious Ladies, Literary Orphans, The Southampton Review, Gutter Magazine, The Potomac Review and Inertia.

My short story ‘They Will Come No More, The Old Men With Their Beautiful Manners’ was chosen by Ian Rankin for 2nd prize in the Scottish Arts Club Short Story Competition 2022.

My short fiction, ‘The All Of It, It Misses You, Come Home,’ won first prize in The Edinburgh Award for Flash Fiction 2023.

In 2018 I was a Hawthornden Fellow and in 2018/2019 I was a Bookends Fellow in the US, during which I worked on my novel A TENDER HATE with mentor Meg Wolitzer.

In September 2024, I got distinction for my MA in Crime Writing at UEA with my thesis novel, MEN WOULD KILL FOR THIS.

I am represented by Ed Wood at The Blair Partnership.