I now live on the Kapiti Coast of the North Island of beautiful New Zealand but I have lived and worked in Australia, England, Germany and Switzerland.

I grew up in the small village of Paekakariki (try saying that if you're not a kiwi), only 10km from where I now live, graduated with degrees in Psychology and Education from Victoria University of Wellington, and work as a software engineer when I'm not writing.

I share my home with two dogs (Harry and Jacko) and three guitars (not named). I’ve travelled throughout the world for extensive periods of time and I’ve sailed the Atlantic from England to Brazil in my 41-foot ketch ‘Adastra’.

I have written poems (that rhyme!), short fiction in diverse genres (westerns, science fiction, war, crime, adventure) and also children’s stories and a play (which has been performed :-) ).

My first novel LINDISFARNE: Fury of the Northmen was published in 2018.