
I was born and bred in a rural corner of Devon, but now live among the breweries and canals of central England. I am a fantasy and science-fiction author, fantasy cartographer, and worldbuilding tutor.
In 2003 I graduated from Edge Hill University, Lancashire, with a BA Hons Degree in Drama and Writing. During this time I decided that my future lay in writing words rather than performing them.
Some years ago I worked at an antique auction house and religiously checked every wardrobe that came in to see if Narnia was in the back of it. I’ve still not given up looking for it.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fiction:
- Steadyard: Cloudspans Book 2 (Maythorne Press, Sept 2021)
- Silkwash: Cloudspans Book 1 (Maythorne Press, Mar 2021)
- The Spine of Winter (Maythorne Press, Dec 2020)
- The Settling: The Memory Trader Book 3 (Bogus Caller Press, Mar 2020)
- The Stray: A Memory Trader Novella (Bogus Caller Press, Aug 2019)
- The Notary of Gotliss Street (Bogus Caller Press, Feb 2019)
- While We Were Waiting: Poisonmarch Book 2 (Bogus Caller Press, Sept 2018)
- The Sister: The Memory Trader Book 2 (Bogus Caller Press, May 2018)
- The Smudger: The Memory Trader Book 1 (Bogus Caller Press, Feb 2018)
- The Mothers: The Paper Duchess Book 4 (Bogus Caller Press, Oct 2017)
- After: A Post Apocalyptic Story Collection: Poisonmarch Book 1 (Bogus Caller Press, Mar 2017)
- The Visionary: The Paper Duchess Book 3 (Bogus Caller Press, Feb 2017)
- The Matching: The Paper Duchess Book 2 (Bogus Caller Press, June 2016)
- The Bottle Stopper: The Paper Duchess book 1 (Bogus Caller Press, Oct 2015)
- Cutting the Bloodline (Bogus Caller Press, May 2015)
- From Sanctity to Sorcery Second Edition: An Author’s Guide to Building Belief Structures and Magic Systems (Maythorne Press, May 2026)
- How to Destroy the World Second Edition: An Author’s Guide to Writing Dystopia and Post-Apocalypse (Maythorne Press, May 2026)
- How to Forge Desire and Dominion: An Author’s Guide to Building Romantasy Worlds (Maythorne Press, March 2026)
- Building Fantasy Cities: An Author’s Guide to Creating Fictional Urban Landscapes (Maythorne Press, Nov 2025)
- Naming the World: A Mini Guide to Creating Names in Fantasy Worldbuilding (Maythorne Press, Aug 2025)
- How to Craft Wonder and Woodsmoke: An Author’s Guide to Building Cosy Fantasy Worlds (Maythorne Press, June 2025)
- How to Make Myths and Mountains: An Author’s Guide to Building Epic Fantasy Worlds (Maythorne Press, March 2025)
- Crafting Magic: A Mini Guide to Creating Magic for Fantasy Worlds (Maythorne Press, Feb 2025)
- Forging Worlds: A Mini Guide to Creating Societies for Fantasy Worlds (Maythorne Press, Nov 2024)
- How to Create Dark Worlds: An Author’s Guide to Worldbuilding Horror, Dark Fantasy, and Grimdark (Maythorne Press, June 2024)
- How to Map Your World: An Author’s Guide to Mapping Fictional Worlds (Maythorne Press, Apr 2023)
- How to Build a Culture: An Author’s Guide to Building Rich and Diverse Cultures (Maythorne Press, Sept 2022)
- 30 Days of Worldbuilding Second Edition: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds (Maythorne Press, Jan 2022)
- How to Create History: An Author’s Guide to Creating Histories, Myths, and Monsters (Maythorne Press, Apr 2021)
Anthologies:
- Worldbuilding in Indie Writing Wisdom (Samantha Goodwin, Dec 2020)
- Nuisance Neighbours in Trembling with Fear Year One (Horror Tree, Oct 2018)
- Rock-a-Bye in Dark Voices (LVP Publications, Aug 2018)
- Nothing is Sacred in Glimpse: A New World (HJLawson, Aug 2016)
- Order Up in Sunny, With a Chance of Zombies (KnightWatch Press, June 2015)
- The Snow in May in Ghosts: Revenge (James Ward Kirk Fiction, March 2015)
- Waiting It Out in The Insecure Writer’s Support Group to Publishing and Beyond (Dancing Lemur Press, Nov 2014)
- Losing Ashley in Magical: An Anthology of Fantasy, Fairy Tales, and Other Magical Fiction (Kelly Ann Jacobson, Nov 2014)
- Husks in Dead Harvest (Scarlet Galleon Publications, Oct 2014)
- Amy in Schlock! Bi-Monthly: Issue 7 (Schlock! Publications, Oct 2014)
- Amy in Schlock! Webzine: Volume 6, Issue 23 (Schlock! Publications, Aug 2014)
- Killing Ghosts in Potatoes (KnightWatch Press, July 2014)
- I’ll Watch Over You in A Chimerical World: Tales of the Unseelie Court (Seventh Star Press, Feb 2014)
- Oakwood in The Sirens Call: Issue 13 (Sirens Call Publications, Feb 2014)
- No Smoke Without Fire in Tales of the Undead: Suffer Eternal: Volume II (Horrified Press, May 2013)
- Being Superhuman in Fifty Shades of Decay (Angelic Knight Press, Feb 2013)
- Charmpeak House in FEAR: A Modern Anthology of Horror and Terror: Volume Two (Crooked Cat Publishing, Sept 2012)
- The Vincent Orphanage in The Mirador Fantasmagoria (Mirador Publishing, Jan 2011)
