Biography

I was born in 1983 and grew up in south-west England, where I attended Sidcot School by virtue of a very generous academic scholarship. I recently returned to Sidcot as one of its Governors. A love of reading, cultivated by my parents and consolidated by my English teachers, eventually took me into the profession of literary studies. I was the first person in my family to go to university and I’ve been fortunate in the intervening years to find employment in the university sector. Beyond academic work, if I’m not reading books or watching films I’m often listening to nineteenth- and early twentieth-century classical piano music. My favourite composers for the piano are Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, and Rachmaninoff, though I enjoy many more. As a writer I’m represented by Matthew Marland, of Rogers, Coleridge & White Ltd Literary Agency.