i have been writing since the age of ten when i got the reading bug and then wanted to create worlds of my own. i took a few years out when i began my teaching career. i just couldn’t find the time and energy to both work and write.

then about 15 years ago i crashed and burned following too many days burning the candle at both ends. something had to change. i needed to reassess and return to what was important to me. one of those things was writing. i joined the All Good Bookshop Writing Group and shared my work. it went down well with the group. from this came two children’s books: Wishbone Billy and Bad Elf. i continued to write.

then lockdown came. i found i couldn’t concentrate. so to try to get back into writing i started producing short pieces. prose poems. within a year i had written over 100 of them. this got me into writing a novel i had been thinking about for a time. a change of audience and tone.

what interests me as a writer? the darker elements of life. those on the fringe of acceptable society. those who fight the status-quo. the difference between the public face and the real you. city life and the capturing of moments. real or imagined. i like memorable characters that grab you and take you on exciting adventures. usually my novels are about those battling the norm and contain a darker fantastical version of reality. i also like presenting things as you haven’t seen them before.

as well as writing, i host spoken word nights at the All Good Bookshop, London where i perform some of my prose poetry or short stories. i also make podcasts about writing, books or of my work. i continue to work in education either teaching or doing author visits.