I was born in Dover, England, to a Grenadian/Indian mother and English/Turkish father, but did the majority of growing up in Canada. Since then, I’ve spent time living, studying, and working in Canada, the US, Japan, France, Switzerland, and the UK, which is where I’m writing this.

I have an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and I’ve published several internationally award-winning novels for children and young adults, among them Zorgamazoo, Dust City, Blues for Zoey and others.

My short fiction has appeared—or will soon appear—in journals and magazines around the world, including The Normal School, Litro Magazine, the New Orleans Review, the Raleigh Review, Postscripts, On Spec, Eastlit, Kiss Machine, and others. My stories have been nominated for the Journey Prize in Canada and the Fountain Award for Speculative Literature in the United States.

I lecture in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln, where I’m Faculty Fiction Editor of the Lincoln Review.

You can find me (occasionally) on Twitter (X)Instagram, and Goodreads.

For rights inquires, please contact my literary agency, Westwood Creative Artists.