Writing has always been a part of my life. As a kid I always had a notebook, making observations, writing poems and making lists. I went on to study linguistics at Lancaster University before disappearing off into the world that so many of us occupy. I worked long hours, paying off student debt and making strides in the work world. But a large part of my creative being went unfulfilled.

Fast forward a decade or two and I was still working the daily grind, thinking that there was no other way. That’s when I decided to use the little nooks and crannies of my day to write. My first novel was written in a few fleeting moments here and there – sitting on the bus on the way to work, in a lunch break, watching the TV. I found that I was hooked on writing. But I still needed to pay the bills. Like many fledgling writers, I ghost-wrote for others This meant I could learn the trade while getting paid. From there I managed to release my first novel and then build on that to write full time.