Based in Birmingham (UK)
and working internationally

English (Native) and French

Planning a project involving dinosaurs? I’m your man!

I’m a UK-based writer, born and raised in the Black Country — the homeland of the orange battered chip. I’ve been writing for most of my life — all kinds of theatre, and more recently, novels and short stories. My right middle finger proudly carries a pen dent — a battle scar from four decades spent overcoming the blank page.

I love the thrill and the challenge of writing in new forms and new styles, for new media and for new audiences. I love surprising myself and my readers, viewers or listeners with where my stories go and the journeys they go on to get there.

I’ve worked very hard over a long period of time to make myself into a good writer. I certainly didn’t become one by magic. I did it by actually writing — not by talking about writing, or thinking about writing. Remember, I’ve got the pen dent to show for it.

Having said no magic was involved, though… Back in 2008, I held Grace Jones’s right hand for five seconds at a concert while she was riding on the shoulders of a roadie during an instrumental break in “La Vie En Rose”. And all I know is, ever since that night, my writing was transformed beyond recognition.

Based in Birmingham (UK)
and working internationally

English (Native) and French

Planning a project involving dinosaurs? I’m your man!

I’m a UK-based writer, born and raised in the Black Country — the homeland of the orange battered chip. I’ve been writing for most of my life — all kinds of theatre, and more recently, novels and short stories. My right middle finger proudly carries a pen dent — a battle scar from four decades spent overcoming the blank page.

I love the thrill and the challenge of writing in new forms and new styles, for new media and for new audiences. I love surprising myself and my readers, viewers or listeners with where my stories go and the journeys they go on to get there.

I’ve worked very hard over a long period of time to make myself into a good writer. I certainly didn’t become one by magic. I did it by actually writing — not by talking about writing, or thinking about writing. Remember, I’ve got the pen dent to show for it.

Having said all that, though… Back in 2008, I held Grace Jones’s right hand for five seconds at a concert while she was riding on the shoulders of a roadie during an instrumental break in “La Vie En Rose”. And all I know is, ever since that night, my writing was transformed beyond recognition.

Current Project

True Voyage Is Return

One brief. Four words. One month. Freedom to write (almost) anything you wanted.

Ten commissions. More than thirty public contributions.

One unique anthology and an exclusive accompanying podcast.

Launching Spring 2025.

Current Project

True Voyage Is Return

One brief. Four words. One month. Freedom to write (almost) anything you wanted.

Ten commissions. More than thirty public contributions.

One unique anthology and an exclusive accompanying podcast.

Launching Spring 2025.

Read Me

Dip into some of my unpublished short fiction

Read Me

Dip into some of my unpublished short fiction

Portfolio

Featured Writing

  • R.C. (2024)

    My first novel — where I learned what it takes to write a novel, and where I discovered that it’s as simple as having the discipline to start writing and to keep on writing until you’ve finished a first draft. When you’ve done that, your novel exists. And everything beyond that is simply the process of making your novel better.

    R.C. (2024)

    My first novel — where I learned what it takes to write a novel, and where I discovered that it’s as simple as having the discipline to start writing and to keep on writing until you’ve finished a first draft. When you’ve done that, your novel exists. And everything beyond that is simply the process of making your novel better.

  • For Little Earthquake
    Commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre

    The Dog With Two Dads (2022)

    The title is a massive spoiler for the end of the show, which could have put everybody off needing to watch it. In practice, it whetted people’s appetite for the joyous appearance of a real live dog onstage, being fussed over by a loving LGBTQ+ couple — who kissed, more than once, in a room full of children, without the world spinning off its axis.

    For Little Earthquake
    Commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre

    The Dog With Two Dads (2022)

    The title is a massive spoiler for the end of the show, which could have put everybody off needing to watch it. In practice, it whetted people’s appetite for the joyous appearance of a real live dog onstage, being fussed over by a loving LGBTQ+ couple — who kissed, more than once, in a room full of children, without the world spinning off its axis.

  • For Little Earthquake
    as part of Moonfest

    Rocket Fuel (2019)

    There’s a story lurking inside everything. Anything can be the gateway to a story, if only you’re prepared to look. That certainly holds true for a seemingly unimportant piece of paper showing four different meal plans for a man on the first four days of a very special week-long trip. There’s a lot more to it than peaches and bacon squares, that’s for sure.

    For Little Earthquake
    as part of Moonfest

    Rocket Fuel (2019)

    There’s a story lurking inside everything. Anything can be the gateway to a story, if only you’re prepared to look. That certainly holds true for a seemingly unimportant piece of paper showing four different meal plans for a man on the first four days of a very special week-long trip. There’s a lot more to it than peaches and bacon squares, that’s for sure.

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