About Me

I’m a children’s writer based in South Manchester, UK, where I’ve lived all my life. After a career in retail management, I transitioned to working in primary care within the NHS, particularly after having my two young children, a six year old and a four year old, during the pandemic.

My passion is to bring the magic of story telling to children, and I particularly love writing stories that parents and children can enjoy together. The stories I write are often funny and heartfelt, and have a humorous interactive element- be that waking the main character up after falling asleep, to chanting a refrain every time an ingredient is added by our main character.

As a late-diagnosed ADHD woman, I write with a personal understanding of feeling different, as if I was a bright child who just couldn’t focus and often misunderstood until later in life. I always felt that reading was something I just couldn’t do. Now a diagnosis and a few decades down, I’ve learnt that literature can be enjoyed in many formats. I really do believe that audiobooks, graphic novels and tandem reading are as important as any other form of reading and engaging in literature.

My mother, who had Huntington’s disease and passed away in 2013, shaped my deep compassion for those who are differently abled. In retrospect, I now have a deep commitment to people who present in unique ways, especially those with different levels of ability, who are often misunderstood, misrepresented, and can feel ostracized by society. I guess its just the social justice warrior in me!

I’m a proud wife and mother, and while I don’t illustrate my books, I love to sing and paint in my free time, as well as camping, cooking and of course, writing!