Conservative, working class upbringing in the affluent suburban south Manchester / Stockport borders of Heaton Moor. Mum: teacher. Dad: sales office manager.
Comprehensive school, Stockport tech, Sheffield Poly, BSc Civil Engineering.
Then a couple of years in engineering before retraining in technical writing.
MA Goldsmith’s, University of London.
I’m a vegetarian and against racism. I like Cornish beer, roaring fires, cosy pubs, good conversation and watching a good game of football …
Favourite places: Banjul, New York and Sicily. Devon and Cornwall, especially Tavistock, Padstow, Zennor and St Ives. I divide my time between London and the south west where I live with my partner.
I once wrote poetry with success in the small presses and the Yorkshire, Dulwich, Exeter and Berkshire Poetry competitions.
Why, thank you.