I was born in east London to an English teacher and Italian shoe designer. After studying at Leyton Sixth Form College, I studied Drama & English at Bristol University. Afterwards I worked variously as a teacher in Milan, in children’s publishing and in tabloid journalism, writing tv features.

Whilst living in San Francisco, I developed a love for the short story form and enrolled on the Creative Writing MA at Goldsmiths University in London where I won the Pat Kavanagh Prize for my fiction. I’ve published short stories in numerous places - most recently ‘22 Fictions’ (2025) a book of fantastic stories published by Desperate Literature as well as being Highly Commended in the Bath Short Story Prize. Check out a small selection of my stories here. This year I completed my PhD at Goldsmiths with an essay exploring disgust in the early work of Elena Ferrante. I teach creative writing workshops for the dept and also for the wonderful Writing Room.

For art lovers like me, please see my paintings page.