I’m a lawyer who started writing about seven years ago. I'm currently working on Seven Sins, a locked room murder mystery set in a City law firm, inspired by my time as a corporate finance partner in two such firms. My elevator pitch is:

Seven suspects. Seven sins. Which one is deadly?

My previous novel reached the top 10% of the First Pages prize, was highly recommended in The Novelry's Firestarter and won third prize in the I Am Writing Thriller competition in 2022.

I’m an alumna of the Curtis Brown Creative Six Month London Novel course and of Faber Academy. I live in Richmond with my husband, a varying number of my four adult children and their partners (who don’t seem to have the hang of empty nesting yet), three golden retrievers and two very old cats.

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Award Category
Writing Mentorship Award 2022
Screenplay Award Category
Animation
When Poppy’s novel is turned down by her dream literary agent, it is one rejection too far for her and she sets out to teach the agent what it feels like to lose what they value most. But a plan is one thing - carrying it out is very different and Poppy discovers that revenge comes at a cost.
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sylvia bluck Mon, 15/08/2022 - 00:35

Glad to see if a fellow Novelty writer on the Finalist list! (I'm a finalist in the screenplay adaptation). So we'll done.