SHORT FICTION

COMPETITIONS:

Combatstress Short Story Competition 2000
The Pity of War – First Prize

Greek Experience Competition 2000
The Angel – Second Prize
Judge: Louis de Bernieres

Mere Literary Festival Short Story Competition 2000
Touch – Highly Commended

Writers News Short Story Competition
First Movement – Highly Commended

MAGAZINES:

Mslexia
The Angel – published April 2004

Mslexia
Fire – My submission for this theme was short-listed for publication

Chapman
Farewell to Berlin – This short story was short-listed for publication

COURSES

Arvon Foundation
Totleigh Barton
November 2003
Advanced Fiction (selected)

Masters in Creative Writing
University College Chichester
2004-2007

NOVELS

COMPLETED:

The Painting
This novel follows a Polish man’s journey from pre-war Berlin, through wartime imprisonment and loss, to life in England.
Word Count: 66 000. Sample from Chapter 1

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Stormwatcher
A fantasy quartet
For further details click here

The Sound of Singing
A modern romance
For further details click here

WORK IN STORAGE:

The Good Man (working title)
A German doctor flees to England in 1937. This is the story of his complicated existence during wartime and in post-war Britain.
Current Word Count 17,000. Sample from Chapter 1

Midwinter’s Eve
A contemporary mystery based on English folklore. Sample from chapter 1

NON FICTION

ONLINE MEDICAL INFORMATION

Poisoning
Breathlessness
Continuing medical education training modules
www.doctors.net.uk (accessible to members only)

WRITING PLAN

NOVEL:

The Fortress
During Operation Barbarossa, the German army lay siege to the fortress at Brest-Litovsk for over a month. Inside the fort was a small company of Russian soldiers. When they were captured, they were sent to a concentration camp. Several of their company survived the war. On their return to Russia, Stalin ordered they be sent to the Gulag as traitors. This is the story of Dmitri, the commander of that company.

SHORT STORY COLLECTION:

Letters from Olympus
In an office in wartime London a woman receives news of countless deaths on the Front. Her job is to send telegrams to the next of kin and keep the lists up to date on her Olympus typewriter. These are the stories of those soldiers and their families.