I have been writing professionally since 1976. Prior to that I was an actor, theatre director and stage manager, though I trained as a journalist. My writing work here is listed under drama. I have been the recipient of four writing awards and a nominee for another two – the principal attraction of these being a decent lunch and a half-chilled bottle of
Chardonnay but hey, writers need all the perks they can get.

I’ve also taught at a number of universities and run drama workshops all over the country. For many years I specialised with youth theatres attached to professional stage companies. More recently these theatre based workshops have metamorphosed into something that serves a wider audience devoted to exploring human potential and personal development, though still using drama and storytelling as some of the tools. If expressing what we feel is a fundamental need of the human psyche then it follows that communicating this well is axiomatic. Enabling people to do this is a passion. I am deeply interested and have some formal training in psycho-therapy and transpersonal psychology and the world of quantum physics and metaphysics fascinates me. I am a great advocate of meditation and fine, lovingly-brewed ales which - contrary to some received opinion - are not mutually exclusive.