As anyone who knows anything about being an indie author will tell you, it’s not great at paying the bills, which is why I also work as a copywriter. After getting my degree in journalism, I dipped my toe in public relations, found it absolutely wasn’t for me, and then somehow fell into copywriting.

If you don’t know what a copywriter is, it basically means I write words for websites. Over more than a decade, I’ve written about everything from accounting and consumer finance to beauty and travel. But, while it does pay the bills, it’s not something I love.

Which is why I started writing That One Small Spark. It carried me away from the real world, in the same way as reading always has. Two and half years – and 6,209 drafts – later, I decided to self-publish. While it would have been lovely to be discovered by a traditional publisher and live the dream of every debut author, it turns out that path wasn’t for me.

So, here we are! I continue to write words for websites during the day, while my nights are filled with faeries and magic and spice, as I feverishly create worlds I would love to live in, but – let’s be real here – would probably not survive in longer than a few hours.

I hope you love visiting my worlds just as much as I loved dreaming them up! Check out my books page to see which books are available to buy right now, sign up for the newsletter to get updates on what’s coming next, and be sure to check out my events section and come along and say hi. I love to meet readers and chat all things bookish!