I’ve always worked with words – but for a long time that meant editing other people’s, as a sub-editor on various glossy magazines. After working on Livingetc, I started writing interiors features. I have always been interested in design and architecture, but I discovered how much I also loved talking to people about their lives and learning how their homes reflected their personal stories.

I started writing fiction in 2019 and an early draft of Tell Me How This Ends was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award in 2020. My debut was published by Lake Union (an Amazon Publishing imprint) in May 2023. It was published in Germany in as Café Leben (Café Life) with Droemer Knaur.

This is me with Lottie, our Manchester Terrier x Whippet. She is the inspiration for a far hairier dog called ‘Dave’ in Tell Me How This Ends.

I am represented by Hayley Steed at Janklow & Nesbit but for bookish chat I can often be found on Instagram or Twitter.