About me
I have worked in the creative industries all my life and always loved writing. When I took early retirement I decided to dust down two novels that had been written some years earlier.
The first book was The Stand-Up Mam, which came out in 2024. It was inspired by me doing stand-up gigs after a near fatal illness. I was awarded runner-up, in the self-published category of the Comedy Women in Print awards in November 2025.
This July I’m self-publishing my second book, The Allotment Sisterhood about three women who have buried their secrets as deep as their vegetables. It is a story of strong women and how they are tested. I hope it is uplifting and honest, with a dose of humour.
After doing a course at the Edinburgh Fringe to learn the basics, I performed unpaid, five-minute stand-up gigs in the North East for two years and learnt the true meaning of fear! The material and experiences from then have inspired my novel The Stand-Up Mam, which is about a fictional perfect wife and mother who becomes a dark comedy queen at the expense of her family.
It isn’t autobiographical, but my story also explores motherhood and what happens when a woman puts themselves first. Spoiler alert. It’s not plain sailing!
