Biography
I started my career in the hills of North
Wales, on small local newspaper writing about sheepdog trials and pub domino
competitions. Thank God I didn’t have to do that for long. After passing my
final exams in journalism, I moved around the UK working as a news reporter for
national and regional newspapers in Manchester, Stoke‐on‐Trent and Glasgow
before ending up in London at News International.
After a memorable few years writing about the curious peccadilloes of celebrities and politicians, I moved to Dublin to work for the Sunday Independent as a feature writer.
I migrated to Melbourne in 1996 and worked for The Age up until 2004, when I moved to Belfast for four years with my partner and our three children. During this time I finished my book, Tuesday’s Child, which I wrote following a series of articles about my youngest daughter, who has Down syndrome. I am now back in Melbourne and work as a freelance journalist and contributor.
I won a Walkley Award in 2004 for Social Equity Journalism, was a Walkley Finalist in 2001 for Magazine Feature Writing and was highly commended for Best Feature in Print at the 2003 Quills. I also have a clutch of other awards for various articles, none of which are to do with sheep dogs or dominoes.
After a memorable few years writing about the curious peccadilloes of celebrities and politicians, I moved to Dublin to work for the Sunday Independent as a feature writer.
I migrated to Melbourne in 1996 and worked for The Age up until 2004, when I moved to Belfast for four years with my partner and our three children. During this time I finished my book, Tuesday’s Child, which I wrote following a series of articles about my youngest daughter, who has Down syndrome. I am now back in Melbourne and work as a freelance journalist and contributor.
I won a Walkley Award in 2004 for Social Equity Journalism, was a Walkley Finalist in 2001 for Magazine Feature Writing and was highly commended for Best Feature in Print at the 2003 Quills. I also have a clutch of other awards for various articles, none of which are to do with sheep dogs or dominoes.
