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Role at One&Other:
Writer
Favourite time of year:
Winter. I'm a February baby and always come to life when the nights start closing in.
Favourite travel destination:
Venice during the carnival - drinking warm mulled wine as freezing fog rises from the canals and masked 17th century figures appear through the mist.
Secret hideout in York:
Holy Trinity Church garden
Favourite things about living here:
through history every day; meeting people from all walks of life; the Steiner school; fantastic independent shops; cycling everywhere!
Best bars:
In town, 1331. For relaxed pub garden lunches, The Plough in Fulford
Best insiders tip:
Avoid the centre of town on race day
Icon:
Virginia Woolf
Best view of the city:
Standing on the blue bridge at New Walk and looking up river.
Favourite shop:
One Boutique, on Stonegate sells beautiful ethical clothes.
Best place to eat:
Goji on Goodramgate - delicious vegetarian food plus psychic evenings - right up my street!
This time next year I will be:
…… writing my second novel.
Top 5 bands:
The Beatles/The Verve/Goldfrapp/Nirvana/Midlake
Favourite era:
The 1920's
If I was an animal I would be a:
….. lioness
I live and work in York with my husband Nick and my four year old son, Luke.
After graduating from Durham in 2001, I moved to London where I lived in Soho wedged between Ronnie Scott’s jazz club and an open all hours karaoke bar. I wrote songs and worked with various jazz musicians around the city, performing in places such as Ronnie Scott’s and The 100 Club.
I met Nick in 2004 and decided to swap the songwriting for copywriting. Luke was born in 2007 and we moved to York two years later where I began an MA in Creative Writing which produced my first novel, Soho 4am, a coming of age novel set in the 24 hours before 7/7.
Apart from my family, and books, my two main passions are cooking and all things ‘green’, which is why I’m delighted to be writing a food column and ‘green heroes’ feature for One&Other. I hope you enjoy…
