I’ve always loved reading, a trait I inherited from my father. Introduced to Enid Blyton as a child, I used to dive under the covers with a torch, well after lights out, devouring the Famous Five adventures, Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons and almost anything else I could lay my hands on. In my teens I dreamed of being a writer, but it wasn’t until my thirties that I finally found the courage to take the plunge. The words flowed and it wasn’t long before I’d completed my first novel, Killing Fame.
I was born and educated in Sussex. After graduating from Exeter University with a degree in Philosophy, I worked in London in film, tv and entertainment PR, before moving back to Sussex with my husband and young family. When I wasn’t coaching tennis or looking after my two children, I’d be scratching away at my latest novel.
I’m unusual in that I write across several genres – mystery, cosy mystery, psychological thriller, literary thriller and coming of age – but the one thing my books have in common is that they will keep you turning the page.
My favourite book of the moment is Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, and A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles. I absolutely love Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche, The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Sweet Caress by William Boyd, Cloud Atlas, by David Mitchell, Three Things About Elsie by Joanne Cannon, and just about every novel written by Maggie O’Farrell and Kate Atkinson.