I’m a writer based in Macclesfield, Cheshire. I write mainly scripts and novels, but also poetry, monologues, and stand up. I work part-time as a freelance therapeutic teacher and forest school leader.

I have two sons, a husband and a poodle. I have a special interest in famous people who had/have poodles. Schopenhauer’s poodles were all called Atman (Sanskrit for ‘soul’) while Gertrude Stein had multiple Baskets. My other interests are wide-ranging and ever-changing, but the constants are probably:

• warm, relatable comedy that delights in the absurdity of everyday life (in other words, I like watching people fall over but only when I know they are going to be okay)

• trying to fathom why people behave the way they do, through the lenses of psychology, philosophy and belief (I studied Religion and Philosophy for my BA and MA);

• stories, told all the ways, but mainly through literature, theatre and film;

• children and young people, because humans in development are so interesting;

• trees and birds;

• the life and work of Julie Andrews.