My fiction has been published in print and online, in the UK and internationally. I’m fascinated by notions of spiritual and emotional connection and community—and these themes find expression in much of my writing. ‘The Properties of Water’ was winner of the Linen Press short story prize. ‘How To Curate a Life’ won the Storgy international prize, judged by Man Booker-longlisted author Diane Cook (Man Vs Nature, The New Wilderness).

Sisterwives (2011) was my first published novel. It traces a tangled web of love and secrets in a dramatic story about a polygamous marriage set in an isolated religious community.

Praise for Sisterwives:

‘The quality of the writing impressed me enormously. There are passages of remarkable beauty and intensity.’ Sara Maitland, winner of the Somerset Maugham award and author of A Book of Silence

‘A beautifully poised, polished, intelligent and restrained piece of writing… Sisterwives speaks of a profoundly engaged consideration of a wide range of moral, philosophical and spiritual issues…’ Anna South, The Literary Consultancy; former Commissioning Editor at Penguin

I’ve written drama for both audio and stage. My debut audio drama The Cloistered Soul, set in a convent in an enclosed Benedictine order, was commissioned as an Afternoon Drama by BBC Radio 4 and broadcast as part of the ‘Original British Dramatists’ series.

My first stage play Synchronous explored issues of fertility, surrogacy and egg donation. In collaboration with director Nuala Cavavanagh, I devised, adapted and produced A Dream Play (an adaptation of August Strindberg’s original play, translated from Swedish) for the Manchester Festival Fringe.

Reading and interpreting the work of other writers was my first mode of creative expression. Over the years, I’ve published numerous articles and essays on the work of women writers, on sexuality and spirituality, and on creativity.

My full-length book H.D and the image (a revised version of my PhD thesis) considers how H.D.’s sense of the visual image was shaped by her engagement with film and spiritualism. It is the only book-length study to explore how H.D.s involvement with the moving image—from her appearance in avant-garde films, to her experience of film editing and her writing on cinema— informs her poetry and prose. Providing an analysis of unpublished primary sources, H.D. and the image also gives an accessible and lucid introduction to the modernist context of H.D.’s work.

Praise for H.D. and the image

‘Provocative and provoking, well researched…H.D and the image is a brilliant addition to interdisciplinary studies of H. D.’s work.’ Professor Alison Halsall, York University, Canada

‘A rich discussion…provides an entirely fresh context for reading H.D.’ Professor Ian Bell, Keele University, UK