About

I’m a literary writer working across memoir and speculative fiction, based in Canberra, Australia. By day I teach writing at the Australian National University, and by night I build written worlds for my latest speculative fiction projects.

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature, an MFA in Creative Writing and a PhD in Gender Studies. My academic background informs my interest in identity, culture, power, and the ways people are shaped by the worlds around them.

After completing my MFA, I moved to the UAE to teach English Literature, an experience that became the foundation for my memoir Abu Dhabi Days, Dubai Nights, published by Pan Macmillan in 2012. My interest in the craft of travel memoir later led me to write Write Your Travel Memoir: A Step-by-Step Guide.

My experiences teaching academic writing to international students at the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University inspired my novel Layla and Rina, which explores the relationship between an Indonesian student and the American academic who betrays her. The novel is currently out on submission.

My current fiction explores future possibilities through speculative worlds that examine questions of identity, belonging, memory, and transformation.