In my books, I kill people They’ve been dying in Leeds since 1730. They stopped in 1957.

“The writing, perfectly paced, paints pictures of a polluted industrial Leeds” – Morning Star.

I’ve moved continents twice. I survived America for 30 years. I interviewed musicians for a living. I played in a band – a few of them, in fact.

I’ve been mugged at knife-point, then chased the robber down an alley. Then my brain kicked in and I stopped.

I’ve published a bunch of non-fiction (seriously, not worth your time except for one book), a ton of journalism.

And, well, quite a few novels. Most of them are set in Leeds. 26 so for.

“I’d love to see these books attract a larger audience – I can easily see them being adapted for television.” best-selling author Joanne Harris.

I’ve been involved with putting on an exhibition celebrating the Victorian women in Leeds who worked for the vote, and another celebrating Tom Harper’s Leeds, 1890-1920

I’ve had a play with a live jazz quintet commissioned by Leeds Jazz Fest.

I became the very first writer-in-residence for Abbey House Museum here in Leeds.

All because I started writing about this place that’s in my DNA.

I bloody love this city.

A stop press: I’m incredibly rpoud that the Morning Star named The Scream Of Sins as one of its best crime novels of 2024. My blood is in that book.

“Historical mysteries don’t get much better than this.” – Publishers Weekly