I’m an experienced screenwriter, script editor and journalist, based in the beautiful High Weald of England.

Since graduating with an MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) in 2022 from Birkbeck University, I have been working on my Middle Grade Victorian adventure, HAMISH CRUM & THE LOST STAR, the first in a planned trilogy, which has been shortlisted for the Exeter Novel Prize 2023 and the Searchlight Writing Award 2023 and, in the last couple of months, has been longlisted for the Bath Children’s Novel Award 2023, the WriteMentor 2024 Novel and Picture Book Awards, and the Cheshire Novel Prize Kids 2024. 

I am also working on a historical novel for adults about the rise and fall of the Crystal Palace, THE GLASSHOUSE. My short story ANTHAEUM has been shortlisted for publication in the WriteMentor Magazine and another short, THE THREAD, was longlisted for publication by the Cranked Anvil Press.

As a screenwriter and script editor I have developed and delivered award-winning projects for companies including the BBC, Film Four, Granada International, Fremantle Media and Disney. I’m currently writing an original horror screenplay, HELL’S CORNER, set in war-time Kent.

I have interviewed authors for the Mechanics’ Institute Review literary magazine, written articles for the National Trust and have also lectured in Screenwriting at the School of Arts, University of Kent .

I’m a keen gardener and photographer and have volunteered at Sissinghurst Castle Gardens and Great Dixter.

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