Creator of the fictional Private Investigator, Saz Martin.
Spent her early years growing up in New Zealand.
Winner of the 2002 Crime Writers' Association Macallan Short Story Dagger award for her story 'Martha Grace'.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2016 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to the arts. She is a writer and theatre maker in London, England.