About

WRITER, EDITOR, PERSON

Words have always been my thing. When I was a kid, new words, interesting words and the jigsaw-piece click of the perfect word to express something were all simple, instinctive pleasures, and still are. After finishing school, I did my bookworm duty and got a degree in English Literature, and am proud to have made a living as a professional writer and editor for most of the two-plus decades since. Having worked for many years in London in publishing, I moved to Norwich, where I now work on a variety of text-driven projects, both for regional clients and for individuals and organisations in London and elsewhere.

Beyond paid work, I try to keep doing things that take me beyond the silo of the day-to-day. I was until recently a governor at a Norwich junior school; before that, I worked on a community heritage project, ran English-language workshops for parents from immigrant communities who wanted to be able to help with their children’s education, and was a volunteer interviewer on an oral history project that documented the lives of people living in Kings Cross in London. Beyond work entirely, I am the proud mother of twin boys, a step-parent and, like everyone else, mostly busy just getting on with it.

I’m interested in people and what drives the choices they make. I’m also interested in how words and stories can document and share human experience, as well as make life more vivid. I’m particularly drawn to conversations, analysis or anything else that offers a new perspective or helps make sense of things. I make efforts to remain curious – and to remember to have a laugh.

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