I am the author of eight novels for older children and an anthology of poetry, was long listed in the Cinnamon novel award 2006, and my poems featured in Forward Press 'Top 100 Poets'. I was twice winner of the first prize for teenage fiction at the Winchester Annual Conference and at the Swanwick Writers' Conference 2005 received the Writers' News Award for children's fictionfor “Secret of the Scrolls”. My novel “ Narwhal “was shortlisted in the Cinnamon awards 2007 and in UKAuthors Competition 2007 and was the finalist in the Indie Excellence awards(USA) 2008 for young adult fiction. Both “Narwhal” and its sequel “ The Quetzal Skull” which has been recently nominated for a Global ebook award, appear in Kindle format. The latest addition to Kindle/ebook is the winning novel "Secret of the Scroll"