I am a writer, critic and academic based in London. My novel, Randall, was published in 2014, and my short stories have been published by Lighthouse, Gorse, The White Review (online) and anthologised in Best British Short Stories 2014 and 2015 and Vanguard Short Story Anthology #1. My criticism has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, the TLS, the Literary Review, and on MinorLits. I teach Creative and Professional Writing at undergraduate and postgraduate level at St Mary's University, Twickenham.