I have told myself stories ever since I can remember. I write fiction – short stories, flash fiction and novels. I am a member of the Society of Authors, and also of the writers’ collective Crime Cymru, where I’ve been involved in translating the website, running the inaugural First Novel competition and participating in Wales’ first crime festival, Gŵyl Crime Cymru Festival. I am also a member of the Climate Fiction Writers’ League. You can find information for reading groups here.
After the Clearances
July 2025
This inventive, thought-provoking feat of climate fiction is as bold, beautiful and enthralling as the Welsh landscapes it conjures. Joanne Owen, Lovereading UK
In a fractured world, the past is never truly buried and the future depends on what we choose to remember.
On a remote island ravaged by storms, a community of exiles known as the Seeders fight to preserve a fragile, self-sufficient way of life. When Sandy arrives from the mainland bearing secrets, Glesni is forced to confront long-hidden truths about her people.
Far away in the wild hills,, Bela lives by her own rules. Fierce, unyielding and shaped by the land itself, her voice carries the weight of loss in a world scarred by collapse. But when she encounters Winter, a fugitive from a shadowy government programme, their unlikely bond forges a path that leads back to the Seeders and a reckoning with the myths that bind them all.
Rooted in Welsh history and rich with the rhythms of its language and landscape, After the Clearances is an evocative, hope-filled story of resilience, resistance and what it means to belong in the aftermath of what came before.
‘A compelling story of language, community and renewal – a powerful tale of tomorrow for our own time.’ Katherine Stansfield
Riverflow
June 2019
The devastating effects of climate change are brought terrifyingly close to home in a gripping psychological novel Waterstones Welsh Book of the Month, August 2019
In a village in the Welsh Marches, the undercurrents are as dark and strong as the River Severn. After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell only want to pick up the pieces and pursue their off-grid life in peace. But when the very real prospect of fracking hits their village, they are drawn into the front line of the protests. During a spring of relentless rain, a series of mysterious threats and suspicious accidents put friendships on the line, and the Sherwells’ marriage under unbearable tension. Is there a connection with their uncle’s death? As the river rises in torrential rain, pressure mounts. Who is trying to ruin their world and how far will they go?
A haunting borders tale – a charming mystery, filled with love for the countryside alongside the grief both for loved individuals and the threats to rural beauty. Sarah Tanburn, Nation.Cymru
Someone Else’s Conflict
November 2014
A surprisingly sensitive and compassionate thriller, this is subtle, clever writing. A story about friendship, responsibility, remorse and how the past can incarcerate and command everyday lives. Lovereading UK Debut of the Month, January 2015
Jay has chosen an itinerant life of busking and odd-jobbing, using rootlessness and stories to hide the guilt of his mistakes from the 1990s war in Croatia, beneath an outward layer of cheerfulness. When he arrives in the Yorkshire Dales and meets Marilyn, an artist, he feels he has finally found a place he could settle and a woman he could love. Jay wants to be honest with Marilyn but as the flashbacks that haunt him begin to reappear, he finds it hard.
Marilyn is fresh out of a controlling relationship, eager to reassert her independence and establish her pottery business. When the barn she plans to convert to a workshop suffers storm damage and Jay offers to help, she is intrigued by her enigmatic new friend and wonders if the practical support he gives her in rebuilding her life could turn to something more. How much of the stories he tells contain truth? Can she trust him?
When young economic migrant Vinko enters their lives, the past catches up with the present and stories become reality. Murder and kidnap force them both to decide how much they can believe and what it is they really want.
The story contrasts the idyllic Yorkshire Dales setting with the gritty reality of Northern cities, underlaid with a backdrop of the troubled times in 1990s Croatia.
The compelling storyline complete with wonderful, vivid characters, makes this a sensational read, beautifully written and fluid, that had me intrigued and enthralled all the way through. Whispering Stories
My short stories and flash fiction have been featured in various publications over the years. A recent short story, Quirky Robbers, can be found in the Honno anthology Cast A Long Shadow.
I really enjoyed participating in the “A Thousand Word Photos” project, where writers are given a photo as a starting point for a story. You can read my contribution, Thirst, here.