about  ME

​Originally a Londoner, I've worked as a schoolteacher, an arts journalist,  PR to a Scottish politician and PA to an American rock star.   I now live and write by a sea-loch in Scotland, which suits me much better.  

With my first poetry pamphlet just out (see below!) I'm now concentrating on finishing a full collection, called Huginn & Muninn after Odin's ravens. I'm also working on my first novel, working title Light Switch.
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My work has most often been described as speculative, neo-noir or modern gothic, but my main interest is the natural world and the creatures, real and imagined, which wander through it.

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NEW:  WHO AM I SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING?
A pamphlet of thirteen ekphrastic poems in response to the music of David Bowie
Cover illustration Ruairdhri Wright
Read novelist Giles Kristian's jacket copy HERE
Read poet Nigel Kent's review HERE
​Download the press release HERE
Order on Amazon or contact me to order a signed copy
​Interviews, press coverage and more about the background to the book HERE !!! 
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