About me

For years, I wrote fiction around a demanding professional life. I worked in technology, innovation and organisational change as a Chartered IT Professional, while never letting go of my lifelong ambition: writing stories.

The two strands gradually met in espionage fiction. I became fascinated by how people interpret danger, act under uncertainty and move inside systems they cannot fully see.

Researching intelligence practice deepened the fiction; applying parts of that thinking to civilian work taught me what such methods could achieve — and why fiction could go further.

Fiction gave me space to explore extreme pressure, moral consequence and how people change the world around them — sometimes before they understand the cost.

Finding my own way

I have never had a straight-line career. I changed direction repeatedly, working with companies and research organisations across Europe and the USA, and learning from people at many levels and in many disciplines. That variety became one of the foundations of my fiction.

I am still discovering what fits. After years of moving between roles and challenges, I have realised that new situations and difficult problems are not distractions from the work I do best. They are part of it.

Learning persistence

I love running and cycling, and sometimes triathlons and canoeing. I am not going to break records. The point is persistence: continuing when the easier answer is to stop. That matters in my fiction writing too.

My passions

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