Remnant is a dystopian novel set in the near future in the American Midwest, published by independent US publisher Burlesque Press. You can buy the book here. What have reviewers said about Remnant? Paul Taylor McCartney of… Read More »Remnant
Big news! My second book, Remnant, is due out from Burlesque Press in late March at the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans. Please come along to celebrate with me if you’re in the vicinity! If you’re in… Read More »Remnant: Celebrate with Me
I was walking home this morning in the rain. Across a busy intersection, an elderly woman with a walker stood waiting. When the lights changed, I made my way towards her. By the time I reached the middle of the intersection, three people had surrounded her, one stopping traffic, two ready to guide her to the other side.
All morning I’d been thinking about kindness. Matt Callahan of We Make Good Happen spoke on 6Music in the early hours today about how buying someone groceries changed his life. 
It reminded me of the time I was newly divorced, toting two young children, and turned up at the doors of a food pantry in Missouri. They didn’t ask me to fill out any forms. They assumed, if I was asking for help, I needed it.
My first Christmas alone, a little over a year later, I went to the local hospital with a bag full of books. I thought maybe someone in the hospital on Christmas Day might be sadder, lonelier than I was. I went to the nurse’s station, and they found two adults waiting for surgery, alone, without family. Read More »If I Was Asking for Help
This morning as I ate my porridge, I listened to Mary Anne Hobbs on Radio 6. She played bits and bobs from an interview with fifth generation baker Tom Herbert. She asked him about music and baking, about music and… Read More »A Kitchen in Rural Missouri
A new release of my first book, Three Cubic Feet, is coming soon to the UK! In the meantime, enjoy this free extract. Click here and enjoy: Three Cubic Feet Extract Thanks to Alban Fischer for the fab new cover! … Read More »Get Your Free Extract!