About Me
My necessity to write has emerged alongside a profound passion to engage and inspire our younger generations to become great readers. I feel strongly that our children are our future, and reading is the fundamental basis of their learning. If focus and encouragement are given during their early years, then the building blocks, which are the foundation to the rest of their learning, are in place. Giving every child the chance to flourish and excel.
My years of experience in working with and assessing children who needed extra-curricular support and creating and delivering individual learning plans to meet their specific needs, has fuelled my passion to encourage our younger generations in their own reading and writing. It has also influenced both the writing and the production processes of my children’s picture books. The covers are tactile, while care is given to the internal layouts to ensure they engage and inspire.
It took me just over two decades to go from plot scribbler to published author. I was a Pharmaceutical Technician for just over twenty years before retraining to work with children who needed extra-curricular literacy support. It was during my time working at The Royal School of Dunkeld that I wiped the cobwebs off the manuscript for The Fairy in the Kettle.
When my writing took off, I made the decision to give my life long dream of being a successful published author a go. Fortunately, I haven’t looked back.
I also write romantic thrillers and, as with my children’s writing, I want to help and inspire. It is essential to me that emotions and reactions are true to the topics while the landscape and settings are authentic.
Now that my children have flown the nest I live and write full time in Perthshire, Scotland. The Scottish countryside never fails to inspire my writing and creativity, so dog walks along the river or into the hills are a common theme for my husband and I. Walking, photography, and having a full table as our children and their partners fill our home make for the ideal weekend.
