My first novel, We All Ran Into the Sunlight, was published by Short Books in 2011 while I was working as the Arts editor for Prospect magazine. Before that I was a journalist with The Times. My second novel, Season to Taste or How To Eat Your Husband, was published by Tinder Press in the UK in 2014 and by Little Brown in the US and was translated into several languages. I toured with the book in the UK and in New York and took part in the Edinburgh and Cheltenham Literary Festivals. Since then I have worked as a literary consultant, editor and mentor. I collaborate with the publishing house Bloomsbury through the Writers & Artists website, and have designed and taught their 6-week creative writing courses, Find Your Voice and Develop Your Book Idea.

I continue to explore new forms in my writing and have been the recipient of a grant from the Royal Literary Fund and two awards from Arts Council England. Most recently I received a Work in Progress award from the Society of Authors and the Authors Foundation for my third novel.

Having lived for many years in London I now live with my partner on a farm in mid Devon. We have collaborated on a screenplay called How To Eat Your Husband, and in 2026 we will be hosting retreats and residential creative writing workshops. For more details, please head over to devonwritingretreats.co.uk