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I’m a writer based in Edinburgh and (more recently) Berlin, and I write both literary fiction and non-fiction inspired by science.

My most recent book is Deutschstunden, a memoir/family history about living in Germany which explores the way we accommodate the past in our present – whether that past is human or cosmic. My short story collection Schrödinger’s Wife (and other possibilities) focuses on the many and varied roles of women in science and was shortlisted for the British Science Fiction Association Awards 2024. My essay Night Vision examines the scientific and cultural meanings of outer space for humanity and was longlisted for Scotland’s National Book Awards 2024.

My short stories, poetry and non-fiction have been published in newspapers, magazines and anthologies including the Times Literary Supplement, New Writing Scotland, Gutter, the Frankfurter Rundschau and the New York Times, as well as broadcast on BBC Radio 4.