I have had many different roles in my life – nurse, midwife, craniosacral therapist, mother. The constant thread though, weaving its way through everything, including my heart, has been writing. Midwife Wisdom, Mother Love (my first published book), was the natural culmination of the different aspects of my life. It was a privilege and so rewarding to share my experiences of pregnancy and birth - both professional and personal – with so many.

Non-fiction is definitely a love of mine. My true passion though lies with fiction. Since I was a little girl hanging upside down on the monkey bars at the school across the road I have been dreaming up stories, imaging the time when I would have my very own novel on the bookshelf.

In 2015 that dream came true. My first novel Luka, a young adult novel, was published. The weight of the book in my hand, the smell of the pages, the pelican on the front cover. It was as if I had birthed (sorry, midwife writing here) my very own book baby. I was infatuated. There was a book launch to celebrate under a fig tree, sprawled across green grass with my friends and family, champagne and frittata, blue cheese and raspberries. So many hugs and congratulations for a dream long awaited. 

Unfortunately, shortly after the book launch, in-fact the day after, my life took an unexpected turn, blocking my creativity and leaving Luka stranded without having really taken his first steps. It was a deeply traumatic time in my life, that seemed to be never ending, but finally, slowly, the tiniest buds of creative longing started to sprout in my heart again and the urge to write returned in a powerful way.