I've been a journalist all my working life. I was a newspaper reporter for some years and then moved into television as a news editor and then as the director of a news division. I've always wanted to be a full time writer and working in news gave me lots of ideas. I wrote my first book at fifteen but it was terrible so I didn't send it to a publisher. Now I'm having a great time - I have an agent and a traditional hardback publisher for some of my books and at the same time I'm producing ebooks through my own publishing company. Really enjoying it.

I was awarded a Young Journalist of the Year Award some years ago. I'm also a professional magician!