Author

Although I do a lot of translations, my first love is ny own fiction. My books are far-ranging, but most of them explore life-changing moments when two cultures confront each other and each comes up the wiser.

published novels

Sing for a Gentle Rain - time travel fantasy set in the ancient south-west where a 16 year old boy falls in love with a native girl.

Runa - a girl goes to Sweden for her 13th birthday only to discover that her ancestral curse involves wild horses and human sacrifice

published picture-books

Eucalyptus Wings - a cocoon on a eucalyptus leaf sends sparks of magic through two girls- will it be enough to let them fly?

Drums of Noto Hanto - based on a true story; villagers in ancient Japan frighten off invading Samurai with masks and drums

in progress novels

Requiem - epic end of world story, one family and a resident angel set out to save as many people as possible by opening their eyes to magic.

Bobbin and Ansel - A middle-class family is unemployed and spends the summer camping where the wilderness transforms them.

in progress picture-books

Blue, White & Red - haibun poetry tells the stories of people as they come to our country, from the Hopi and Spaniards to Somali refugees.

Night Dragons - Karl-Eric faces his fears of the ski jump late at night while the Northern Lights transform to dragons and take him soaring

One Gray Day - sent on an expidition to find ten beautiful things, Sam is surprised by how much beauty is in a drab gray day.