Author, Screenwriter and Writing Tutor

My first book, "The Master of secrets" was nominated for the Carnegie award; since then I’ve written books for children of all ages - two have been optioned for film and TV. They've also been read on TV and radio.

I’ve also written plays, radio scripts, film scripts and scripts for TV shows such as The Hoobs (Channel 4) and PicMe (Nickleodeon).
I was the resident writing coach on The Richard and Judy Show and one of the judges of their write a children’s short story competition(Channel 4).
This summer I'll be at Narberth Children's Literature Festival with 'Little Rex' and running a workshop on Adaptation for the SWWJ at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
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As a writing tutor, I've taught Writing Children’s Fiction courses at Middlesex University, Leicester University and the Arvon Foundation. I've also taught Adaptation for TV, Film and Radio at Swanwick Writers Summer School.

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Look out for "Little Rex", published by Piccadilly Press in March 2010.

I'll also be reading Little Rex at Narberth Children's Literature Festival in June.
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Look out for "Bella Donna", to be published by Piccadilly Press at Halloween 2010.

Marion Lindsay has done a brilliant front cover.
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"Play... If You Dare" published by Wayland in July 2009.
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TV script
"Pandora" has been selected for the Scriptmarket at the Screenwriters festival at Cheltenham in October 2009..