She has previously worked as a publicist for the BBC and was a freelance PR consultant.
[1] Her debut novel, Bearmouth, was published by Pushkin Children’s Books in 2019 and aimed towards young adults.
It is about a child called Newt who lives and works in a Victorian coalmine.
It won the 2020 Branford Boase Award[2] and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for older readers.
It is centered around four women and set in the Victorian era.