She attended the University of Sussex and took an English with media studies degree.
She worked as the entertainment editor for five years of the now-defunct teen magazine Just Seventeen.
She writes regularly for Grazia, Red and Stella, as well as consulting for a number of British magazine publishers.
[citation needed] Her first young adult novel, Guitar Girl, was published in 2003.
She had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Miss Betsy, and is an advocate for dog adoption.