Want to start writing a novel? You've come to the right place. My 10-week online class will help you kick-start your book, giving you the confidence to find and shape an idea, write a first draft and learn the steps required to take an idea from draft to publication.


I am an editor, tutor and writer. I have twenty years’ experience in commercial publishing (working at HarperCollins, Bloomsbury and Granta) and I now edit part-time. I have taught writing at Goldsmiths and publishing at London Metropolitan University and I was a reader for the Costa Short Story Award throughout its existence. In the last few years I have written my first novel; it won the PFD Lost the Plot Prize in 2019 and has been shortlisted for The Bath Novel Award in both 2019 and 2022 and the Cheshire Novel Prize in 2022.