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After completing an MA in Creative Writing in 2011, I published my first novel, Caught in the Web. Since then I have published two more novels: Payback and Don't Step on the Cracks. My two collections of short stories: Moments of Darkness and More Moments of Darkeness are stories I have mainly written for spoken word events over the past few years. I am passionate about writing, playwriting, acting and directing, and particularly enjoy performing my own writings and meeting people. I was one of the authors involved in the Portsmouth Bookfest 20 x 12, have short stories and articles published in Star and Crescent, Portsmouth Fairy Tales for Adults, Pompey Writes - the best of Star and Crescent, and Day of the Dead. I have performed at events including the Victorious Festival, Portsmouth Plugged-in, St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Day of the Dead, I,II and III at the Square Tower and several other locations in Portsmouth, including the Guildhall, The Kings Theatre and the New Theatre Royal. I was one of the fourteen writers who took part in the Writing Edward King project at Portsmouth City Museum which received Arts Council Funding. I performed my writing for this project in several venues across the City. My passion for performance writing has led me to be one of the founders of T'Articulation, Portsmouth's spoken word group, as well as to lead workshops on creative writing in several community settings including working with mental health issues, substance misuse recovery, those who are homeless, veteran groups, and with different ethnic groups, asylum seekers and refugees. I was a writer and actor in the trans-media Cursed City, Dark Tide event in 2019, and have performed in many Dark Fest events in Portsmouth over the past few years. My most recent and exciting project was as a writer and performer in Dissonant Dreams With Kim Balouch, Tim Cook and Clym Arnold which was screened and performed at the Guildhall Studio, for 1000Plateaus Imaginarium of Dreams. A one-time psychiatric nurse, I am now a volunteer committee member of Portsmouth's Good Mental Health Co-operative and I am also a relief support worker and sometimes help out in a homeless direct access hostel. View more posts