I’m a writer based in Edinburgh. I used to be a professional astronomer and much of my writing is  inspired by science. I blog on the interaction between science and literature.

My novel ‘The Falling Sky’ was a finalist in last year’s Dundee International Book Prize and is published by Freight Books.

My short stories, non-fiction and poetry have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Gutter, Lablit, and New Writing Scotland.

I have an MLitt in creative writing from the University of Glasgow and I received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award for 2011/2012.

From 2009 to 2010 I was a writer in residence at the ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum, at the University of Edinburgh and I’m still affiliated there.