I love words, in all their shapes and forms: expressing a new thought, or adapting an existing idea, collecting and crafting stories into a theme, weaving an engaging narrative.
For me, the only thing more fulfilling than writing is editing! I get a huge kick out of working with text to develop and hone a message: listening for key notes, muting the noise, and allowing the writer’s voice to sing.
I graduated from the University of Warwick in 1998 with a BA Hons in English and American Literature, and have since worked across a number of different industries—recruitment, charitable sector and education—writing and editing.
I specialise in law and international development, particularly disaster risk reduction & management, social protection, climate change, health, economic institution-building, governance, conflict management, international law and state-building.
Based in Coventry, UK, I am a writing and editing professional with twenty years of experience working freelance with business, consultancies, agencies, social enterprise, schools, universities and charities.
I am also an Honorary Associate Professor at the School of Law at the University of Warwick, working with the academic community—including doctoral candidates and early career fellows—to develop excellent articles, book chapters and books presenting world class research. Warwick was recognised as 8th overall in the latest Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), that assesses the standard of research in UK HEIs.
