I’m a writer of novels and narrative non-fiction as well as radio plays, essays and short stories. Place, memory and motion are at the heart of my writing and I take Susan Sontag’s advice:

‘Love words, agonise over sentences and pay attention to the world.’

It seems to be important I engage bodily with writing, so getting mud on my boots, sleeping high up in the hills, or being slapped by salt water can all be part of my inspiration. In fiction, the interplay of character, place and the past is often my focus.

A habitual walker, as reflected in my 2024, non-fiction, ‘Doubling Back: Paths trodden in memory‘, I also excavate history and myth in fiction with Caithness-set ‘Call of the Undertow‘ and ‘The Other Side of Stone‘ which focuses across time on a Perthshire woollen mill.

In my latest book, ‘Sea Marked: Throwing a Line to a Coastal Past’, I explore my seafaring ancestry in north Devon; a physical and emotional adventure in memoir form.

I enjoy working with others to bring creative writing into community settings