Published work and literary awards
‘Love is for the Brave’ (aka ‘The Man Who Got Out of Japan’ or ‘Makorongo’s War’)
- Winner – The Athanatos novel writing contest, USA – U$2,500 Grand Prize
- Winner – A Woman’s Write, USA, 2019 – U$500 Grand Prize
- Winner – Eyelands Book Award for an unpublished historical novel, 2019
- Shortlisted – C&R Press Awards for Fiction, USA, 2022
- Longlisted – Historical Novel Writing Society First Novel Award, 2017
- Longlisted – Retreat West First Chapter Competition, 2021 and 2022
- Longlisted – Exeter Novel Prize, 2021
- Longlisted – Flash 500 Novel Opening Competition, 2021
- Longlisted – Cinnamon Literature Award, 2022
- Finalist – Page Turner Awards, 2021 & 2022
- Finalist – ACFW First Impressions Contest for historical, 2022
- Finalist – Launch Pad Prose, 2021
- Semi-finalist – ACFW Genesis novel writing contest, 2021
- Two Accolades – Roadmap, USA, 2022
- Currently ‘running for the shortlist’ in The 2022 Hemmingway Awards, USA
‘A Girl Called Redemption‘ (aka ‘The Girl Who Escaped From Zanzibar‘, ‘Love is for the Good’)
- Winner – Eyelands Book Award for an unpublished historical novel, 2022
- Shortlisted – Fiction Factory First Chapter Competition, 2022
- Shortlisted – Virginia Prize for Fiction, 2022
- Short-listed – Flash 500 Novel Opening, 2022
- 3rd Prize – I am in Print’s I AM WRITING ROMANCE competition, 2022
- 3rd Prize – Association of Christian Writers Novel Writing Competition, 2020
- Longlisted – Adventures in Fiction New Voices, 2022
- Longlisted – Retreat West First Chapter Competition, 2021
- Longlisted – Roadmap Write Start, 2021
- Semi-finals – The Eludia Award, 2021
- Finalist – Page Turner writing award, 2021
- Finalist – Launch Pad prose competition, USA, 2022
- Two Accolades – Roadmap, USA, 2022
- Awarded a Three Rock Writer’s Retreat on Crête – Eyelands Book Awards , 2019
The Athanatos Grand Prize for Novel Writing, 2017
A Woman’s Write 2019 for an unpublished novel
Semi-finalist in The Eludia Award, 2021 in the USA
Long-listed for the Historical Novel Society award for First Novel
Long-listed for Retreat West’s First Chapter Competition, 2022 with two novels
Long-listed for Roadmap’s Write Start novel competition in the USA, 2021
Long-listed by Flash 500Novel Opening competition, 2021
Semi-finalist, ACFW Genesis literary contest in the USA, 2021
Winner of a Three Writer’s Resort Residency 2019
THIRD PRIZE – International Rubery Book Award
Published Works
Coming soon! The audiobook of ‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons’
‘The Making of Swallows and Amazons’ first published by classic TV Press, 2014, 2nd edition published The Lutterworth Press, 2017 now available as an audiobook narrated by the author.
‘The secrets of filming ‘Swallows and Amazons(1974) ‘ self-published, 2nd ed 2016
‘Ride the Wings of Morning’ self-published, Ashton House Publishing, 2012
‘Funnily Enough’ self-published, Ashton House Publishing 2011, serialised in iBelieve magazine and winning 3rd Prize in the Rubery International Book Award, it is soon to be available as an audiobook narrated by the author.
‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ an anthology published by ACW, 2016. Her chapter was chosen by UCR Radio Ireland to be read on their Writer’s Trail Christmas Special, 2022
Foreword to ‘An A-Z: Cumbria and the Lake District on Film’ published by Hayloft Publishing, nominated for The Lakeland Book of the Year Award, 2017
Foreword to ‘Swallowdale’ by Arthur Ransome published by Albatros Media, Czech Republic, 2016
Foreword to ‘Swallows, Amazons and Coots’ by Julian Lovelock, published by The Lutterworth Press, 2016
Foreword to ‘Boats Yet Sailing’ by Trevor Boult published by Lily Publishing
Out 9th October 2021: One of 50 authors contributing a chapter to ‘Write Well’ (pub by Instant Apostle, 2021)
Coming soon: ‘Covid Reflections‘ – an pandemic anthology, 2021
Coming: ‘The Making of Coot Club and The Big Six’
Coming: ‘The Bitter Enders – Life on an African Farm’
‘The secrets of filming Swallows and Amazons Forever!’ DVD Extras, for Revelation Film, 2014
Articles in Daily Telegraph, Country Life, Cotswold Life, Classic Sailor, Living, iBelieve, Word in Action, Westmorland Gazette, Lymington Times and other newspapers
‘Makorongo’s War’ the true story a screenplay commissioned by Dashwood Films
INSET series of 3 x 30 min episodes for BBC Education TV
‘Boys About Girls: Girls About Boys’ for BBC Schools TV
‘Just Mum, My Sister and Me’ for BBC Schools TV
‘The Way People Talk’ for BBC Schools TV
‘Crazes’ for the series ‘Tutorial Topics’ for BBC Schools TV
Edited ‘Through the Dragon’s Eye’ a Look and Read publication for BBC Books: a storybook with educational notes that sold over 200,000 copies
Produced ‘Through the Dragon’s Eye’ audiobook for BBC Books.
Research: ‘Bluebell’ the authorized biography of Margaret Kelly by George Perry for BBC Books
Research: ‘Dawn to Dusk: on Safari’ by Jonathan Scott for BBC Books
Picture Research: The illustrated ‘My Family and Other Animals’ by Gerald Durrell for Guild Publishing and Grafton Books
Visual contribution: ‘The Dinghy Cruising Companion’ by Roger Barnes
Visual contribution: ‘Remembering Tenko’ ebook by Andy Priestner
President of The Arthur Ransome Society 2014-2019
Member of ACW – Association of Christian Writers
Christian Writers’ Directory
Appearances on the cover of other books and DVDs:
Member of:
Sophie Neville 