About
I’m a British-Irish author and former winner of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association Short Story Prize. My debut novel, Sea of Bones, was published by Legend Press in 2019. I’m also a staff travel writer for Travel Tomorrow and journalist. I’m passionate about the written (and spoken) word and want to help my clients bring great writing to wide audiences.
A qualified and experienced English teacher and coach, I’m also trained in Performing Arts. Editing a novel, for me, is a bit like directing a play or perhaps producing a studio album: as well as honing technical and aesthetic aspects of language, I will bring the themes you want to the surface. I will ensure settings and characters are well developed and distinct. And my speciality, as a thriller writer, is to interrogate your plot as needed and keep the lines of tension taut to make your story unputdownable.
I have worked with best-selling authors and those just starting out. I’ve dealt with acquiring editors and have insights into how they think. When you’re ready, I am able to offer advice on submitting to agents or self-publishing. Through it all, I will edit and advocate for your book as if it were my own.
I also offer translation from French to English, commercial and corporate voiceovers, and I edit non-fiction texts for the cultural sector, ensuring the reach of museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions.