I’m an author, scriptwriter and writing tutor living in the Midlands.

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.

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).

As a writing tutor, I teach the Introduction to Writing Children’s Fiction course at Middlesex University; I’ve also taught writing courses for both Leicester University and the Arvon Foundation.

Novels

     “The Master of Secrets"

    “The Mum Trap” - voted in the top 100 children’s     books of 2000.

    “Frankie’s Romeo” - won a PAWS award for drama in 2001.

Early Readers

    “Play if you Dare”

    “The Twelfth Floor Kids”

    “The Sarah Song”

    “Chip’s Dad”

    “Smelly Sock Soup”

Picture Books

    “Floppy Ears” - one of the books selected by the Scattered Authors Society for its national poster campaign.

    “The Sheep Fairy”

    “Harriet Dancing”

    “Little Tail”

   “Mondays At Monster School” - Selected by the BBC to be read on TV on The Bedtime Story Hour (BBC)

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