I've been a writer all my life, first as a journalist for national newspapers, now as a writer of short stories and historical novels.
Words have always fascinated me, and I still remember my excitement as my great grandmother helped me learn to read.
She had been a teacher during the 1920s and had bookcases full of musty school-books. In her small cottage in the woods, my love of words, history and nature were born.
I love the craft of writing and am grateful to have won and been placed in a number of awards:
Prizes and Awards
2024
Society of Women Writers and Journalists' 130th Anniversary Biography Competition, 2nd place
2022
RNA's Elizabeth Goudge Trophy, runner-up
Exeter Story Prize, longlist
2021
Wells Festival of Literature Short Story Competition, winner
Bournemouth Writing Prize, shortlist
Surrey Wildlife Trust 'Cutting Hedge Creativity' multimedia competition, winner
Stylist Feminist Fiction Prize, longlist
2020
HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition, winner
2019
Harper's Bazaar Short Story Competition, shortlist
HWA Dorothy Dunnett Short Story Competition, longlist
2018
Harper's Bazaar Short Story Competition, shortlist