About The Author

I worked in NHS psychiatric hospitals for thirty years before taking early retirement in 2017 to focus on my writing. I enjoy walking in the woods, mammal watching and visiting lighthouses.

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In 2018, my first short story - How to be Normal - was published in the anthology 'The Most Normal Town in England' [link here].

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I have been listed for a number of short story prizes including:

• Todd: The Alpine Fellowship Short Story Prize and the Bedford competition (2020)

• My Little Fruit Bat: the Segora International Prize (2020)

• The Lost Camel of Lower Chadlington: The Cambridge Prize and prize-winning finalist in the Segora competition (2020)

• Kicking the Bucket: The Cambridge Prize (2021)

• Our Host at Number Ten, Some say that Hector the Badger wasn't a Badger at all: short listed for Segora Prize (2021).

• Best Served Cold, Winner of Segora International Short Story Prize (2021).