I now live in East Sussex, not far from Kent, the setting for my historical novels, The Maids of Biddenden, set in the 12th century and Arden, set the 16th century. My next Kent historical novel is due to be published in October 2026.

I became a full-time author in 2016. I have been a winner in the historical fiction category of the 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest international awards programme for indie authors and independent publishers, and shortlisted for the 2023 Selfies Award at the London Book Fair, as well as being shortlisted or longlisted for twelve other literary prizes.

When not writing, I can be found wild camping in the Scottish mountains or in the mosh pit at live music events.

I went to Glasgow University in 1975 and lived in the city’s West End, the time and place for the setting of the majority of Love’s Long Road and Silent Money.

Glasgow was a very different city back then and it was not until the 1980s that the city’s cultural renaissance started to happen. I've kept the Student Handbooks for each year I was at university from 1975 to 1978, which outlined to new students the social and cultural opportunities in Glasgow as well as providing a snapshot of the values and issues of the time. They provided invaluable source material for the setting of my novel and it is fascinating to compare the world described in these handbooks with the vibrant, cosmopolitan and sophisticated Glasgow of today.

I also worked in Russia and Ukraine for ten years, which gave me ideas for the plot and setting that I used in A Friend in Deed. Although somewhat overtaken by recent events, I think it still remains an entertaining read.