I was born in Kingston upon Thames. I had a happy childhood during which I spent most of my free time in Richmond Park, where my dreams and memories now reside. I studied in several universities including Nottingham and Canterbury, but mainly Liverpool where I obtained an MA in SF Studies. I have written many short stories and poems, but my first published novel is Beautiful Humanoids. I have had many occupations including, librarian, psychiatric nurse, archaeologist and teacher. I now live in the Garden of England, where I have a garden of my own in which I can sit in a beach hut on the banks of a pond, with its willows and water-lilies, and watch the changing of the seasons.