I originally trained as a journalist, and worked as a freelance writer and a columnist for The Sunday Star-Times and The Dominion. I then began a decade of work in communications work for the public sector and NGOs. In 2013 I gained a Bachelor of Applied Arts (Creative Writing) at Whitireia Polytechnic. I have also studied short fiction and science writing at Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters. In September 2018 my first book was published by Awa Press: The Heart of Jesús Valentino. I currently live in Nelson with my family. 

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