I am the author of several novels for young adults and adults that centre trauma, survival, and bodies at the hearts of their narratives. I am also the editor of Being Ace: An Anthology of Queer, Trans, Femme, and Disabled Stories of Asexual Love and Connection and the upcoming disabled horror anthology These Bodies Ain't Broken (Page Street, 2025). Being Ace recieved a starred review from School Library Journal and is currently a 2024 Lambda Literary Award Finalist. 

I also write asexual romance and issue-driven women's fiction fiction as Elin Annalise. 

I have research interests in experimental fiction, non-linear narratives, ecogothic, and the representation of Gothic monsters in modern fiction. My other research interests include illness narratives, the depiction of prehistoric culture in modern fiction, and totemism. A lot of my work is interdisciplinary, among creative writing, literary theory, anthropology, and medical humanities.

For the critical component of my PhD, I'm researching the monsterisation of the Neanderthal in popular culture and specifically why we did not see a rise of the Neanderthal Monster in Gothic fiction, when other prehistoric figures such as dinosaurs have been used in this way.  For the creative part of my PhD, I'm writing a Gothic novel set in the Palealolithic era that examines female monstrosity and asexual reproduction through pathenogensis and vampirism. I am supervised by Dr Joanna Nadin and Dr Joan Passey.

Education

BA (hons) English, 2:1 - University of Exeter (Dissertation: "Madness, Murder and Suicide in Louisa May Alcott's Sensation Fiction"), 2013-2016

MFA Creative Writing, Distinction - Kingston University (Thesis: 40,000 word excerpt of YA horror novel and accompanying examination of creative methodology and the YA horror genre), 2020-2023

PhD Creative Writing - University of Bristol, 2023-current