Born in Oldham, and lived in Cornwall, Sheffield, London and now Oxford.
Travelled in Tibet, China, Japan, India and Australasia among other places.
First book published 2007, "Jilla and Me: The Short Story Collection" after winning a regional heat of a national literary award, Undiscovered Authors.
Now trying to find an agent for my completed first novel, an accessible literary work called "The Spy and the Storyteller".
Also make a mean spicy mango pickle.