I am a widely published short story writer, as well as a novelist and journalist. I have a particular and developing interest in writing for wellbeing and hold both an MSc in creative writing for therapeutic purposes, and the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. I have Levels 1 and 2 qualifications in digital skills for teaching. I have facilitated workshops in writing for wellbeing and self-discovery, with an emphasis on the enjoyment and sense of personal development that comes from creative writing. I am a member of Lapidus, the RNA and the Society of Authors.

I have facilitated a fortnightly creative writing class for the mental health charity Mind.

I have facilitated writing activities with day patients in two local hospices.

I have run courses for the WEA Southern Region, including but not exclusively for vulnerable adults.

I am the creative writing tutor at The Mill Arts Centre, Banbury, a creative hub and registered charity validated and overseen by Oxfordshire Co Council Adult Learning. I run both courses and ad hoc workshops there, including for specific groups such as recovering addicts.

I am also an adult learning tutor for Buckinghamshire Co Council Adult Learning and was shortlisted for its Adult Learning Tutor of the Year 2019.

I have had over 1,800 short stories published in magazines in the UK, Australia, Ireland and South Africa, two novels print-published and subsequently reissued online by a new publisher, and a novel digitally published by an online publisher.

I won the Short Story Radio Romance Award 2011 for Love & Life in the Park. My audio monologue The Sleeve in the Door was performed by Chipping Norton theatre in 2020.

As a journalist, I have published hundreds of articles and opinion pieces in a range of magazines and newspapers.