Personal profile

Research interests

I am the author of the novels The Spring of Kasper Meier (2014), The Other Hoffmann Sister (2017) and An Honest Man (2019). My debut novel won the 2015 Betty Trask Prize, the HWA Debut Crown and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. In 2022, I published my first book of non-fiction, Tales from the Fatherland, an exploration of fatherhood and same-sex parenting. My short fiction has been published in a range of journals internationally. I am also a literary translator from German, and in 2020 won a Stephen Spender Prize for poetry in translation.

I teach across the undergraduate and postgraduate Creative Writing programmes at Cardiff Met. I have a BA in English Literature from Warwick University, and an MA in Modern Languages from the University of Bristol, and completed my PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
  • SDG 4 - Quality Education
  • SDG 5 - Gender Equality
  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Haunted by the Present: Revelation and the Queer Historical Thriller, University of East Anglia

Oct 2020Feb 2024

Award Date: 15 Jul 2024

Master, Modern Languages, University of Bristol

Sept 2011Aug 2012

Award Date: 1 Aug 2012

Bachelor, English Literature

Oct 1998Jul 2001

Award Date: 12 Jul 2001