About Me

I started out on the shop-floor of Monsoon, where I fell in love with colour and pattern and the happy smiles of customers who had found just the thing they wanted.

I learned the ropes of Marketing  at Penguin -- the biggest book brand of them all. From sending out mysterious packages of fishing hooks as a teaser mailing for Alex Garland's The Beach to launching a new James Bond novel in Dubai, with many million-copy-bestsellers in between, I've worked with some of the most amazing talents and met some of the most inspirational people of our times.

I'm so proud to have been co-founder and co-director of the Greenwich Book Festival. I have run creative writing workshops and hosted a Book Group for 9-12 year olds at our local children's store. And as Creative Director for Hachette UK, I was mentor, creative coach and strategist. I'm still in love with those happy smiles of people finding just the thing that's right for them . . .