About

Journalism/books: I have worked as a journalist and editor for numerous best-selling national magazines and publishers since the late 1990s. As a freelancer, I have contributed features for national titles including Stylist (cover feature), OK! Magazine and Soaplife.

Freelance editor: I have recently assisted on non-fiction books by investigative journalists including Julie Bindel and Rose George, as well as popular ultrarunner Ira Rainey… among all sorts of others.

Public speaker: I have appeared on numerous TV and radio shows including on BBC and ITV. I have also chaired Q&As and panels for organisations including Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Ideas, literature festivals and more; and have been a speaker at many events including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Comedy: I founded the award-winning What The Frock! Comedy project in 2012 to challenge an industry that knowingly overlooks female talent, and wrote The What The Frock! Book of Funny Women.

Education: My BA is in Media & Cultural Studies (2000) and I hold two MAs: one in Modern & Contemporary Literature (2008) and another in Cinema Studies (2009). I am a qualified magazine journalist (2001).