Fact, fiction & fantasy
I’m a writer with a broad range, equally at home with formal and creative texts - and everything in between.
The songs of joni mitchell
The Songs of Joni Mitchell examines recorded performances from Mitchell's first nine studio albums, and the contemporary reviews of these albums in Anglo-American rock magazines. In one of the only works to discuss Mitchell's recorded performances, with a focus that extends beyond the seminal album Blue, the book explores the craft of Mitchell's songwriting and her own attitudes towards it, as well as the dynamics and politics of rock criticism in the 1960s and 1970s more generally.
Fiction
In addition to a PhD in Contemporary Culture, I hold an M.A. in English, and did Creative Writing in the UK as a part of my studies. My fiction ranges from epic fantasy to more intimate character studies in the context of historical fiction.
Published short stories:
“You’re All the Same to Me” in Tales from the Moonlit Path
“The Lamplighter’s Daughter” in Wyldblood Magazine #2
“Frosted Fruit” in Not One of Us
“The Silken Introduction” in Mirror Dance
“Laughing All the Way to Ontario” in Toronto Journal
“Lilywhite” in Teach.Write
“The Singing Dogs of Lord Stainerau” in Impossible Worlds
“The Lamplighter’s Daughter” was chosen for the first Best of Wyldblood anthology in December 2022.