I consider writing fiction to be a calling. Storytelling is where I can best use my writing skills to connect with people and explore some of life’s bigger questions. I love a good story that entertains you while quietly making you question something you’ve always assumed to be true. Or tried not to think about.

That’s why I write contemporary parables. Stories that take familiar struggles, turn them into something unexpected and leave you with questions that might just follow you long after you’ve closed the book.

And each of my novels begins with a question.

The Baggage Handler … asks what are you carrying?

My debut novel, The Baggage Handler, asks readers to consider the emotional baggage they accumulate, often without realising how much it weighs us down.

It won the 2019 Christy Award for Best First Novel and continues to encourage readers to stop and think about the baggage they carry, why they’re still carrying it and what they might do about it.

It’s available from Amazon, and all good bookstores.

The Camera Never Lies … asks what are you carrying?

The Camera Never Lies  poses the question: what would you do if your secrets were revealed to those around you, and there was nothing you could do to stop it?

It tells the story of a marriage counselor who is more than happy to tell his clients to keep no secrets, but has great trouble listening to his own advice. then his grandfather’s camera reveals his secrets … This novel is also available from Amazon and good book outlets.

Where the Road Bends … asks where are you heading?

Where the Road Bends explores the choices, circumstances and unexpected turns that shape the journeys of our lives.

Four college friends reunite fifteen years after graduation for a trip to outback Australia. But as they lose themselves in a harsh and unforgiving landscape, they realise just how much they need to find themselves.

It’s a story about the roads we choose, the destinations we chase and the questions we sometimes avoid asking until life forces us to confront them.

Available from Amazon and good book outlets.

The story doesn’t have to end on the final page

I don’t write fiction because I have all the answers. I write because I believe a compelling story can help us ask better questions.

Questions about who we are, what we believe, the choices we’ve made and the lives we’re living.

And sometimes, the most interesting part of a story is what happens in your own thinking after you’ve finished reading it.

So take a look around. Find a story that intrigues you. And see where the questions take you.

Feel free to contact me if you’d like to know more about my books.

I’d love to hear what gets you thinking.