about me

I’ve been a professional writer all my working life. My commissions include original tv dramas and contributions to series; radio soap opera, features, documentaries and plays; screenplays; chamber opera libretti; books; and interactive multimedia product.

In 2008
• I completed my second novel, set in contemporary inner London and wartime Bosnia.
• I returned to my roots and wrote a commissioned theatre piece in the Irish language.
• I published two children’s books.

This website’s designed to give a sense of the scope of my work and how I approach it. If you’d like to know more, or have a specific enquiry, you can contact my agency by e-mail from any page.

Other activities include:

• Partner in JHM, a creative/consultancy company working in music, theatre and electronic media.
• Voice work in radio, tv narration, training product, audio books, and film adr.
• Member of the Society of Authors.
• Consultant to the executive of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (2005/6)
• Former director of the Copyright Licensing Agency (2002-2006)
• Former vice-chair of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (2002-2005)
• Creator of interactive audio scripts for multimedia product, including 1998 BIMA award winning The Art Of Singing.
• Course teacher in narrative scriptwriting, Bournemouth and Poole College of Art and Design Animation Course (1998)
• Writer-in-residence, Royal Opera House Garden Venture Dartington Summer School (1991), and University of Glamorgan (1997)
• Former Vice-Chair of The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain (1996)
• Visiting tutor, microphone technique, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1994)
• CD audio adaptation of Lady Gregory's classic book Gods and Fighting Men - The Fianna now available at www.crimsoncats.co.uk