Here you can read a bit about my debut novel, THE HERRING SELLER’S APPRENTICE, published by Macmillan New Writing in October 2007.  You can also read the first chapter of the book and (if time is really hanging heavy on your hands) even something about me.  

There are also links through to Macmillan and to other useful sites.  Happy reading!

LATEST NEWS / EVENTS

THE HERRING SELLER'S APPRENTICE first printing was sold out by the publishers in the first week. The second printing sold out some time ago and there is now only limited availability from bookshops & online. Blackwells still have availability online & at 3 stores; Amazon have sold out but currently have some bargains on Amazon Market Place; Waterstones have sold out online but click here to check store stocks.

Alternatively click here to pre-order the paperback version- out March 2009.

13th June: The Bookseller printed an early extract from my second novel in "The Herring Seller" series (published by Pan Macmillan in August 2009) and starring writer Ethelred Tressider and literary agent Elsie Thirkettle. It is provisionally titled TEN LITTLE HERRINGS and includes Elsie's Golden Rules of Agenting: